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Matthew 17:27

Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὴν) before sea here.

ἵναhinalestἵναconjunction — “lest”G2443in order that, so that.lestδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.σκανδαλίσωμενskandalisōmenwe should offendσκανδαλίζω (skandalizō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person plural — “we should offend”, a single actionG4624I cause to stumble, cause to sin, cause to become indignant, shock, offend.we should offendαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themπορευθεὶςporeutheisgo thouπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “go thou”, a single actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.go thouεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toθάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object 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.the seaβάλεbaleand castβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “and cast”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “cast”.and castἄγκιστρονankistronan hookἄγκιστρονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “an hook”, the object formG44a fish-hook.an hookκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀναβάνταanabantacometh upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, aorist active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “cometh up”, a single actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.cometh upπρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.ἰχθὺνichthunfishἰχθύς (ichthus)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “fish”, the object formG2486a fish.ἆρονaronto take upαἴρω (airō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “to take up”, a single actionG142I raise, lift up, take away, remove.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἀνοίξαςanoixaswhen thou hast openedἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “when thou hast opened”, a single actionG455I open.when thou hast openedτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.στόμαstomamouthστόμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the object formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouthαὐτοῦautouunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “unto them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themεὑρήσειςheurēseisto findεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, future active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to find”, an action still aheadG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.στατῆραstatēracoinστατήρ (statēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “coin”, the object formG4715an Attic silver coin equal in value to the Jewish shekel.ἐκεῖνονekeinonthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “that”, the object formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.λαβὼνlabōnto takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to take”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.δὸςdosto giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.αὐτοῖςautoisheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἀντὶantiforἀντίpreposition — “for”G473(a) instead of, in return for, over against, opposite, in exchange for, as a substitute for, (b) on my behalf, (c) wherefore, because.This verse uses “for”.forἐμοῦemoumeἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “me”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.meκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσοῦsoutheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “thee”, the of-formG4771you.thee

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

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World English Bible

But , lest we cause them to stumble , go to the sea , cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up . When you have opened its mouth , you will find a stater coin. Take that , and give it to them for me and you .”

Darby Translation

But that we may not be an offence to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when thou hast opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater; take that and give it to them for me and thee.

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