King James Version

Matthew 19:25

When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ) before were astonished here.

ἀκούσαντεςakousantesheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.οἱhoitheὁ (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”.ἐξεπλήσσοντοexeplēssontoamazedἐκπλήσσομαι (ekplēssomai)verb, imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “amazed”, an ongoing action in the pastG1605I strike with panic or shock; I amaze, astonish.amazedσφόδραsphodraveryσφόδραadverb — “very”G4970exceedingly, greatly, very much.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.sayingΤίςtisWhoτίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Who”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “who”.Whoἄραarathenἄραconjunction — “then”G686then, therefore, since.This verse uses “then”.thenδύναταιdunataicanδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “can”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.canσωθῆναιsōthēnaito be savedσῴζω (sōzō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to be saved”, a single actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.be saved

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτοῦautouhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “his”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, 'Who, then, is able to be saved?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the disciples heard it, they were astonished exceedingly, saying, Who then can be saved?

Young’s Literal Translation

And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, 'Who, then, is able to be saved?'

World English Bible

When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

Darby Translation

And when the disciples heard [it] they were exceedingly astonished, saying, Who then can be saved?

Douay-Rheims

And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered very much, saying: Who then can be saved?

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