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Matthew 21:15

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “who” (τοὺς) before are crying here.

ἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “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).sawδὲdebutδέconjunction — “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.ἀρχιερεῖςarchiereishigh-priestἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “high-priest”, the subject formG749high priest, chief priest.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γραμματεῖςgrammateisscribeγραμματεύς (grammateus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “scribe”, the subject formG1122(a) in Jerusalem, a scribe, one learned in the Jewish Law, a religious teacher, (b) at Ephesus, the town-clerk, the secretary of the city, (c) a man of learning generally.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θαυμάσιαthaumasiamarvelousθαυμάσιος (thaumasios)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “marvelous”, the object formG2297wonderful, admirable; subst: a wonder.ἃhawhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἐποίησενepoiēsento doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.παῖδαςpaidaschildπαῖς (pais)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “child”, the object formG3816(a) a male child, boy, (b) a male slave, servant; thus: a servant of God, especially as a title of the Messiah, (c) a female child, girl.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κράζονταςkrazontasto cryκράζω (krazō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to cry”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2896I cry aloud, shriek.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἱερῷhierōsacredἱερός (hierós)adjective, dative, singular, neuter — “sacred”, the to- or for-formG2413sacred, holy, set apart.This verse uses “sacred”.Strong’s files this form under G2411 (ἱερόν).καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.λέγονταςlegontassayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, accusative, 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.sayingὩσαννὰhōsannaHosannaὡσαννάparticle — “Hosanna”G5614(Aramaic and Hebrew, originally a cry for help), hosanna!, a cry of happiness.Hosannaτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.υἱῷhuiōto the Sonυἱός (huios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “to the Son”, the to- or for-formG5207a son, descendent.to the SonΔαυίδdauidof DavidΔαυίδnoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of David”, the of-formG1138David, King of Israel.of Davidἠγανάκτησανēganaktēsanthey were sore displeasedἀγανακτέω (aganakteō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they were sore displeased”, a single actionG23I am angry, incensed.they were sore displeased

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation,

Young’s Literal Translation

and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, 'Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased;

World English Bible

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,

Darby Translation

And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant,

Douay-Rheims

And the chief priests and scribes, seeing the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying: Hosanna to the son of David; were moved with indignation.

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