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Matthew 17:12

But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

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λέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, 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 “say”.I sayδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youὅτιhotiThatὅτιconjunction — “That”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ThatἨλίαςēliasEliasἨλίαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Elias”, the subject formG2243Elijah, the prophet.Eliasἤδηēdēalreadyἤδηadverb — “already”G2235already; now at length, now after all this waiting.This verse uses “already”.alreadyἦλθενēlthento comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἐπέγνωσανepegnōsanto come to knowἐπιγινώσκω (epiginōskō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to come to know”, a single actionG1921I come to know by directing my attention to him or it, I perceive, discern, recognize; aor: I found out.This verse uses “come to know”.αὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.ἐποίησανepoiēsanto doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.αὐτῷautōthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themὅσαhosajust asὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “just as”, the object formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.ἠθέλησανēthelēsanto willθέλω (thelō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to will”, a single actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.οὕτωςhoutōsthusοὕτω(ς)adverb — “thus”G3779thus, so, in this manner.This verse uses “thus”.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.υἱὸςhuiossonυἱόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “son”, the subject formG5207a son, descendent.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνθρώπουanthrōpoua humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.μέλλειmelleito ensueμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to ensue”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.πάσχεινpascheinto sufferπάσχω (paschō)verb, present active infinitive — “to suffer”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3958I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer.This verse uses “suffer”.ὑπ’hupbyὑπό (hupo)preposition — “by”G5259by, under, about.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and I say to you — Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

but I say unto you, that Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but did unto him whatsoever they would. Even so shall the Son of man also suffer of them.

Young’s Literal Translation

and I say to you — Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.'

World English Bible

but I tell you that Elijah has come already , and they didn’ t recognize him , but did to him whatever they wanted to . Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them .”

Darby Translation

But I say unto you that Elias has already come, and they have not known him, but have done unto him whatever they would. Thus also the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

Douay-Rheims

But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them.

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