And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ) before saying here.
ὀψίαςopsiaseveningὀψία (opsia)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “evening”, the of-formG3798late, evening.eveningδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.γενομένηςgenomenēsto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.προσῆλθονprosēlthoncameπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “came”, a single actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).cameαὐτῷautōto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “to him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.to himοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μαθηταὶmathētaidiscipleμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “disciple”, the subject formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.This verse uses “disciple”.λέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingἜρημόςerēmosa desertἔρημοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “a desert”, the subject formG2048as an adj: deserted, desolate, waste; hence: the desert, to the east and south of Palestine; of a person: deserted, abandoned, desolate.This verse uses “a desert”.a desertἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τόποςtoposplaceτόποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “place”, the subject formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.placeκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὥραhōratimeὥραnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “time”, the subject formG5610(a) a definite space of time, a season, (b) an hour, (c) the particular time for anything.the timeἤδηēdēis nowἤδηadverb — “is now”G2235already; now at length, now after all this waiting.This verse uses “now”.is nowπαρῆλθενparēlthenpastπαρέρχομαι (parerchomai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “past”, a single actionG3928I pass by, pass away, pass out of sight; I am rendered void, become vain, neglect, disregard.pastἀπόλυσονapolusonsendἀπολύω (apoluō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “send”, a single actionG630I release, let go, send away, divorce, am rid; mid: I depart.sendτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλουςochlousmultitudeὄχλος (ochlos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “multitude”, the object formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.the multitudeἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatἀπελθόντεςapelthontesthey may goἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they may go”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.they may goεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κώμαςkōmasvillagesκώμη (kōmē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “villages”, the object formG2968a village, country town.the villagesἀγοράσωσινagorasōsinand buyἀγοράζω (agorazō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “and buy”, a single actionG59I buy.and buyἑαυτοῖςheautoisthemselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “themselves”, the to- or for-formG1438himself, herself, itself.themselvesβρώματαbrōmatavictualsβρῶμα (brōma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “victuals”, the object formG1033food of any kind.victuals
and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, 'The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'
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American Standard Version (1901)
And when even was come, the disciples came to him, saying, The place is desert, and the time is already past; send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.
Young’s Literal Translation
and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, 'The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'
World English Bible
When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”
Darby Translation
But when even was come, his disciples came to him saying, The place is desert, and [much of] the [day] time already gone by; dismiss the crowds, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.
Douay-Rheims
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: This is a desert place, and the hour is now past: send away the multitudes, that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals.
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