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Matthew 11:12

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

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ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμερῶνhēmerōndaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “days”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.the daysἸωάννουiōannouof JohnἸωάννης (iōannēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of John”, the of-formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.of Johnτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.βαπτιστοῦbaptistouBaptistβαπτιστής (baptistēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Baptist”, the of-formG910the baptizer, the Baptist, epithet used only of John, the son of Zechariah and Elizabeth, forerunner of Jesus.the Baptistἕωςheōsuntilἕωςpreposition — “until”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.This verse uses “until”.untilἄρτιartinowἄρτιadverb — “now”G737now, just now, at this moment.This verse uses “now”.nowἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βασιλείαbasileiakingdomβασιλείαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “kingdom”, the subject formG932kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.This verse uses “kingdom”.the kingdomτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανῶνouranōnof heavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.of heavenβιάζεταιbiazetaisuffereth violenceβιάζω (biazō)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “suffereth violence”, an ongoing or repeated actionG971(a) mid: I use force, force my way, come forward violently, (b) pass: I am forcibly treated, suffer violence.This verse uses “violence”.suffereth violenceκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andβιασταὶbiastaiviolentβιαστής (biastēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “violent”, the subject formG973a forceful, violent man; one who is eager in pursuit.the violentἁρπάζουσινharpazousintakeἁρπάζω (harpazō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “take”, an ongoing or repeated actionG726I seize, snatch, obtain by robbery.takeαὐτήνautēnitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.it

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,

World English Bible

From the days of John the Baptizer until now , the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

Darby Translation

But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and [the] violent seize on it.

Douay-Rheims

And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.

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