King James Version

Mark 7:36

And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they may speak” (λέγωσιν·) before As much here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “they themselves” (αὐτοὶ) before more here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they may say” (εἴπωσιν) before As much here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “He himself” (αὐτὸς) before them here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andδιεστείλατοdiesteilatohe chargedδιαστέλλομαι (diastellomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he charged”, a single actionG1291I give a commission (instructions), order; I admonish, prohibit.he chargedαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatμηδενὶmēdenino manμηδείς (mēdeis)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the to- or for-formG3367no one, none, nothing.no manλέγωσινlegōsinto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.ὅσονhosonmoreὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “more”, the object formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.the moreδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.αὐτοῖςautoisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.heδιεστέλλετοdiestelletochargedδιαστέλλομαι (diastellomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “charged”, an ongoing action in the pastG1291I give a commission (instructions), order; I admonish, prohibit.chargedαὐτοὶautoithemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “them”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themμᾶλλονmallonso much the moreμᾶλλονadverb — “so much the more”G3123more, rather.This verse uses “more”.so much the moreπερισσότερονperissoterona great dealπερισσότερονadverb — “a great deal”G4054more-abundantlya great dealἐκήρυσσονekērussonthey publishedκηρύσσω (kērussō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they published”, an ongoing action in the pastG2784I proclaim, herald, preach.they published

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἴπωσινeipōsinthey should tellἔπω (epō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “they should tell”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2036to sayαὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he charged them that they may tell no one, but the more he was charging them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming [it],

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he charged them that they may tell no one, but the more he was charging them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming [it],

World English Bible

He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

Darby Translation

And he charged them that they should speak to no one [of it]. But so much the more he charged them, so much the more abundantly they proclaimed it;

Douay-Rheims

And he charged them that they should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it.

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