King James Version

Matthew 26:8

But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ) before became indignant 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.μαθηταὶmathētaidiscipleμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “disciple”, the subject formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.This verse uses “disciple”.ἠγανάκτησανēganaktēsanit, they had indignationἀγανακτέω (aganakteō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “it, they had indignation”, a single actionG23I am angry, incensed.it, they had indignationλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (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.sayingΕἰςeisToεἰςpreposition — “To”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.Toτίtiwhat purposeτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “what purpose”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.what purposeἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀπώλειαapōleiawasteἀπώλειαnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “waste”, the subject formG684destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin.wasteαὕτηhautēthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

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

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased, saying, 'To what purpose [is] this waste?

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when the disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

Young’s Literal Translation

And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased, saying, 'To what purpose [is] this waste?

World English Bible

But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?

Darby Translation

But the disciples seeing it became indignant, saying, To what end [was] this waste?

Douay-Rheims

And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: To what purpose is this waste?

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