King James Version

Mark 12:3

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and” (καὶ) before they sent here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the now” (οἱ δὲ) before having taken here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andλαβόντεςlabontesthey caughtλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they caught”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.they caughtαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἔδειρανedeiranto beat upδέρω (derō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to beat up”, a single actionG1194I flay, flog, scourge, beat.This verse uses “beat”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀπέστειλανapesteilansent him awayἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “sent him away”, a single actionG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.sent him awayκενόνkenonemptyκενός (kenos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “empty”, the object formG2756(a) empty, (b) met: empty (in moral content), vain, ineffective, foolish, worthless, (c) false, unreal, pretentious, hollow.This verse uses “empty”.empty

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they, having taken him, did severely beat [him], and did send him away empty.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they, having taken him, did severely beat [him], and did send him away empty.

World English Bible

They took him , beat him , and sent him away empty .

Darby Translation

But they took him, and beat [him], and sent [him] away empty.

Douay-Rheims

Who having laid hands on him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

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