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Matthew 14:24

But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “stadia many from” (σταδίους πολλοὺς ἀπὸ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “land was fully” (γῆς ἀπεῖχεν) before being tossed here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “[the] midst” (μέσον) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “sea” (θαλάσσης) before was here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “was” (ἦν) before for here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, neuter — “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”.Butπλοῖονploionshipπλοῖονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “ship”, the subject formG4143a ship, vessel, boat.the shipἤδηēdēnowἤδηadverb — “now”G2235already; now at length, now after all this waiting.This verse uses “now”.nowσταδίουςstadiousstadiumστάδιος (stadios)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “stadium”, the object formG4712(a) a stadium, one eighth of a Roman mile, (b) a race-course for public games.πολλοὺςpollousmuchπολύς (polus)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “much”, the object formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.ἀπὸapoin the midstἀπόpreposition — “in the midst”G575from, away from.in the midstτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γῆςgēsof the seaγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the sea”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.of the seaἀπεῖχενapeichenwasἀπέχω (apechō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing action in the pastG568I have in full, am far, it is enough.wasβασανιζόμενονbasanizomenonto tortureβασανίζω (basanizō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, neuter — “to torture”, an ongoing or repeated actionG928I examine, as by torture; I torment; I buffet, as of waves.This verse uses “torture”.ὑπὸhupobyὑπόpreposition — “by”G5259by, under, about.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυμάτωνkumatōna waveκῦμα (kuma)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “a wave”, the of-formG2949a wave, surge, billow.ἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐναντίοςenantioscontraryἐναντίοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “contrary”, the subject formG1727opposite, opposed, contrary; the adversary.This verse uses “contrary”.contraryὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνεμοςanemoswindἄνεμοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “wind”, the subject formG417the wind; fig: applied to empty doctrines.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

μέσονmesonin the midstμέσος (mesos)preposition — “in the midst”G3319middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of.θαλάσσηςthalassēsof the seaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the 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.This verse uses “the sea”.ἦνēnwasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

World English Bible

But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

Darby Translation

but the ship was already in the middle of the sea tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

Douay-Rheims

But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves: for the wind was contrary.

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