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Mark 6:49

But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “that” (ὅτι) before ghost here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “[it] is” (ἐστιν,) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to be” (εἶναι) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.Butἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, 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).when they sawαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θαλάσσηςthalassēsseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “sea”, the of-formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.the seaπεριπατοῦνταperipatountato walkπεριπατέω (peripateō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “to walk”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4043I walk, hence Hebraistically (in an ethical sense): I conduct my life, live.This verse uses “walk”.ἔδοξανedoxanthey supposedδοκέω (dokeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they supposed”, a single actionG1380I think, seem, appear, it seems.they supposedὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.φάντασμάphantasmaa spiritφάντασμαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “a spirit”, the subject formG5326an apparition, ghost, spirit, phantom.This verse uses “spirit”.a spiritἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀνέκραξανanekraxancried outἀνακράζω (anakrazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “cried out”, a single actionG349I shout aloud, cry out.cried out

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εἶναιeinaiit had beenεἶναιverb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it had been”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1511to be

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought [it] to be an apparition, and cried out,

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American Standard Version (1901)

but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

Young’s Literal Translation

And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought [it] to be an apparition, and cried out,

World English Bible

but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

Darby Translation

But they, seeing him walking on the sea, thought that it was an apparition, and cried out.

Douay-Rheims

But they seeing him walking upon the sea, thought it was an apparition, and they cried out.

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