King James Version

Matthew 17:8

And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Himself” (αὐτὸν) before Jesus here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὸν) before Jesus here.

ἐπάραντεςeparanteswhen they had lifted upἐπαίρω (epairō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “when they had lifted up”, a single actionG1869I raise, lift up.when they had lifted upδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὀφθαλμοὺςophthalmouseyesὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “eyes”, the object formG3788the eye; fig: the mind's eye.eyesαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.οὐδέναoudenano manοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “no man”, the object formG3762no one, none, nothing.no manεἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).εἰeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἸησοῦνiēsounJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the object formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.Jesusμόνονmonononlyμόνος (monos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “only”, the object formG3441only, solitary, desolate.This verse uses “only”.only

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τὸνtontheὁ (ho)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.

World English Bible

Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.

Darby Translation

And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus alone.

Douay-Rheims

And they lifting up their eyes saw no one but only Jesus.

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