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Mark 12:28

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “seeing” (ἰδὼν) before that here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of all” (πάντων;) after [the] first here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “having perceived” (εἰδὼς) before that here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of all” (πασῶν) before commandment here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπροσελθὼνproselthōncameπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “came”, a single actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).cameεἷςheisoneεἷςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG1520one.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γραμματέωνgrammateōnscribeγραμματεύς (grammateus)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “scribe”, the of-formG1122(a) in Jerusalem, a scribe, one learned in the Jewish Law, a religious teacher, (b) at Ephesus, the town-clerk, the secretary of the city, (c) a man of learning generally.ἀκούσαςakousasand having heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “and having heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.and having heardαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themσυζητούντωνsuzētountōnreasoning togetherσυζητέω (suzēteō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “reasoning together”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4802I seek together, discuss, dispute.reasoning togetherἰδὼνidōnseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “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).and perceivingὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatκαλῶςkalōswellκαλῶςadverb — “well”G2573well, nobly, honorably, rightly.This verse uses “well”.wellἀπεκρίθηapekrithēto answerἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “to answer”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.This verse uses “answer”.αὐτοῖςautoishimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἐπηρώτησενepērōtēsento questionἐπερωτάω (eperōtaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to question”, a single actionG1905I interrogate, question, demand of.This verse uses “question”.αὐτόνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ΠοίαpoiaWhichποῖος (poios)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “Which”, the subject formG4169of what sort.Whichἐστὶνestinisεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.isἐντολὴentolēcommandmentἐντολήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “commandment”, the subject formG1785an ordinance, injunction, command, law.commandmentπρώτηprōtēfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, nominative, singular, feminine — “first”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.πάντωνpantōnof allπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “of all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.of all

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰδὼςeidōshaving perceivedεἰδὼςverb, second aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “having perceived”, a single actionG6063to perceiveπασῶνpasōnof allπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “of all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, 'Which is the first command of all?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?

Young’s Literal Translation

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, 'Which is the first command of all?'

World English Bible

One of the scribes came and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”

Darby Translation

And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is [the] first commandment of all?

Douay-Rheims

And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all.

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