King James Version

Matthew 21:23

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “when was coming He” (ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ) before into here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “having come” (ἐλθόντι) before He here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to Him” (αὐτῷ) before teaching here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐλθόντοςelthontoswas comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “was come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.was comeαὐτοῦautouunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἱερὸνhieronsacredἱερός (hierós)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “sacred”, the object formG2413sacred, holy, set apart.This verse uses “sacred”.Strong’s files this form under G2411 (ἱερόν).προσῆλθονprosēlthonto come nearπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to come near”, a single actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).This verse uses “come near”.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.διδάσκοντιdidaskontias he was teachingδιδάσκω (didaskō)verb, present active participle, dative, singular, masculine — “as he was teaching”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1321I teach, direct, admonish.as he was teachingοἱhoitheὁ (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.καὶkai? andκαίconjunction — “? and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.? andοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρεσβύτεροιpresbuteroielderπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “elder”, the subject formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λαοῦlaoua peopleλαός (laos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a people”, the of-formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.This verse uses “a people”.λέγοντεςlegontesto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to speak”, 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 “speak”.Ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ποίᾳpoiawhat?ποῖος (poios)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “what?”, the to- or for-formG4169of what sort.ἐξουσίᾳexousiaauthorityἐξουσίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “authority”, the to- or for-formG1849(a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.This verse uses “authority”.authorityταῦταtautathisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ποιεῖςpoieisto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τίςtiswhich?τίςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “which?”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “which”.σοιsoiyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ἔδωκενedōkento giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐξουσίανexousianauthorityἐξουσία (exousia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “authority”, the object formG1849(a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.This verse uses “authority”.ταύτηνtautēnthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐλθόντιelthontiwas comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, second aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “was come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.αὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, 'By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

Darby Translation

And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him [as he was] teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

Douay-Rheims

And when he was come into the temple, there came to him, as he was teaching, the chief priests and ancients of the people, saying: By what authority dost thou these things? and who hath given thee this authority?

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