King James Version

Matthew 26:20

Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “disciples” (μαθητῶν.) after twelve here.

Ὀψίαςopsiaswhen the evenὀψία (opsia)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “when the even”, the of-formG3798late, evening.when the evenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.γενομένηςgenomenēswas comeγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “was come”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.was comeἀνέκειτοanekeitohe sat downἀνάκειμαι (anakeimai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he sat down”, an ongoing action in the pastG345I recline, especially at a dinner-table.he sat downμετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.withτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δώδεκαdōdekatwelveδώδεκαadjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “twelve”, the of-formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.the twelveμαθητῶνmathētōndiscipleμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “disciple”, the of-formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.This verse uses “disciple”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now when even was come, he was sitting at meat with the twelve disciples;

Young’s Literal Translation

And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,

World English Bible

Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

Darby Translation

And when the evening was come he lay down at table with the twelve.

Douay-Rheims

But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples.

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