The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐγένετοegenetoit came to passγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “it came to pass”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.it came to passἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inἐκείναιςekeinaisthoseἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “those”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.thoseταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “days”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysἦλθενēlthencameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.cameἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromΝαζαρὲτnazaretNazarethΝαζαρέτnoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Nazareth”, the of-formG3478Nazareth, a city of Galilee, where Jesus lived before His ministry.Nazarethτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Γαλιλαίαςgalilaiasof GalileeΓαλιλαία (galilaia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of Galilee”, the of-formG1056Galilee, a district towards the southern end of the Roman province Syria; the northern division of Palestine.of Galileeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐβαπτίσθηebaptisthēwas baptizedβαπτίζω (baptizō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “was baptized”, a single actionG907lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize.was baptizedεἰςeisinεἰςpreposition — “in”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.inτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἸορδάνηνiordanēnJordanἸορδάνης (iordanēs)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Jordan”, the object formG2446the Jordan, a great river flowing due south and bounding Galilee, Samaria, and Judea on the east.Jordanὑπὸhupobyὑπόpreposition — “by”G5259by, under, about.ἸωάννουiōannouJohnἸωάννης (iōannēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “John”, the of-formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;
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American Standard Version (1901)
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.
Young’s Literal Translation
And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;
World English Bible
In those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass in those days [that] Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptised by John at the Jordan.
Douay-Rheims
And it came to pass, in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
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