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Luke 9:57

And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “And” (Καὶ) before when are here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “maybe” (ἐὰν) before You shall here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “it came to pass now” (ἐγένετο δὲ) before when are here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “maybe” (ἂν) before You shall here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Lord” (κύριε.) after You shall here.

Καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πορευομένωνporeuomenōnwentπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “went”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.wentαὐτῶνautōnhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδῷhodōroadὁδός (hodos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “road”, the to- or for-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.This verse uses “road”.εἶπένeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).τιςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὐτόνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἈκολουθήσωakolouthēsōI will followἀκολουθέω (akoloutheō)verb, future active indicative, 1st person singular — “I will follow”, an action still aheadG190I accompany, attend, follow.This verse uses “follow”.I will followσοιsoitheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.theeὅπουhopouwhithersoeverὅπουconjunction — “whithersoever”G3699where, whither, in what place.whithersoeverἐὰνeanifἐάνparticle — “if”G1437if.ἀπέρχῃaperchēthou goestἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, present middle subjunctive, 2nd person singular — “thou goest”, an ongoing or repeated actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.thou goest

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ἐγένετοegenetoit came to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, second aorist deponent indicative, 3rd person singular — “it came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἂνanmaybeἄνconditional particle — “maybe”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.κύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, 'I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, 'I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;'

World English Bible

As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”

Darby Translation

And it came to pass as they went in the way, one said to him, I will follow thee wheresoever thou goest, Lord.

Douay-Rheims

And it came to pass, as they walked in the way, that a certain man said to him: I will follow thee withersoever thou goest.

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