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Mark 1:10

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “from” (ἐκ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “as” (ὡς) before dove here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “upon” (εἰς) before Him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from” (ἀπὸ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “as” (ὡσεὶ) before dove here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “upon” (ἐπ᾽) before Him here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andεὐθὺςeuthusimmediatelyεὐθύςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “immediately”, the subject formG2117adj: (a) straight of direction, as opposed to crooked, (b) upright; adv: immediately.This verse uses “immediately”.Strong’s files this form under G2112 (εὐθέως).straightwayἀναβαίνωνanabainōncoming upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “coming up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.coming upἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὕδατοςhudatoswaterὕδωρ (hudōr)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “water”, the of-formG5204water.the waterεἶδενeidenseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).he sawσχιζομένουςschizomenousopenedσχίζω (schizō)verb, present passive participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “opened”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4977I rend, divide asunder, cleave.openedτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοὺςouranousheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “heaven”, the object formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πνεῦμαpneumaSpiritπνεῦμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “Spirit”, the object formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.the Spiritὡςhōslikeὡςconjunction — “like”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.likeπεριστερὰνperisterana doveπεριστερά (peristera)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a dove”, the object formG4058a dove, pigeon.a doveκαταβαῖνονkatabainondescendingκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “descending”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.descendingεἰςeisuponεἰςpreposition — “upon”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.uponαὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him

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ἀπὸapoout ofἀπόpreposition — “out of”G575from, away from.ὡσεὶhōseilikeὡσείparticle — “like”G5616as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.This verse uses “like”.ἐπ᾽epuponἐπί (epi)preposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:

Young’s Literal Translation

and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

World English Bible

Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

Darby Translation

And straightway going up from the water, he saw the heavens parting asunder, and the Spirit, as a dove, descending upon him.

Douay-Rheims

And forthwith coming up out of he water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit as a dove descending, and remaining on him.

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