King James Version

Matthew 24:2

And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “answering” (ἀποκριθεὶς) before He said here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Jesus” (Ἰησοῦς) before He said here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “indeed” (μὴ) before will be here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisto answerἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to answer”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.This verse uses “answer”.εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single 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 “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidαὐτοῖςautoisunto themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “unto them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.unto themΟὐounotοὐparticle — “not”G3756no, not.notβλέπετεblepeteto seeβλέπω (blepō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG991(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern.This verse uses “see”.ταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsπάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.ἀμὴνamēn? verilyἀμήνparticle — “? verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.? verilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, 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 “say”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἀφεθῇaphethēThere shallἀφίημι (aphiēmi)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “There shall”, a single actionG863(a) I send away, (b) I let go, release, permit to depart, (c) I remit, forgive, (d) I permit, suffer.There shallὧδεhōdehereὧδεadverb — “here”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.hereλίθοςlithosone stoneλίθοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one stone”, the subject formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.one stoneἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponλίθονlithonanotherλίθος (lithos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “another”, the object formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.anotherὃςhosthatὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.καταλυθήσεταιkataluthēsetaishallκαταλύω (kataluō)verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall”, an action still aheadG2647(lit: I loosen thoroughly), (a) trans: I break up, overthrow, destroy, both lit. and met., (b) I unyoke, unharness a carriage horse or pack animal; hence: I put up, lodge, find a lodging.shall

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.μὴmēnotμήnegative particle — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Jesus said to them, 'Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Jesus said to them, 'Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

World English Bible

But he answered them, “ You see all of these things , don’ t you ? Most certainly I tell you , there will not be left here one stone on another , that will not be thrown down .”

Darby Translation

And he answering said to them, Do ye not see all these things? Verily I say to you, Not a stone shall be left here upon a stone which shall not be thrown down.

Douay-Rheims

And he answering, said to them: Do you see all these things? Amen I say to you there shall not be left here a stone upon a stone that shall not be destroyed.

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