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Matthew 27:12

In Matthew 27 of Matthew.

And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τῶν) before elders here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐνenwhenἐνpreposition — “when”G1722in, on, among.whenτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.κατηγορεῖσθαιkatēgoreisthaito was accusedκατηγορέω (katēgoreō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to was accused”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2723I accuse, charge, prosecute.was accusedαὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὑπὸhupoofὑπόpreposition — “of”G5259by, under, about.ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρχιερέωνarchiereōnchief priestsἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “chief priests”, the of-formG749high priest, chief priest.This verse uses “chief priest”.the chief priestsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπρεσβυτέρωνpresbuterōneldersπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “elders”, the of-formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.eldersοὐδὲνoudennothingοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “nothing”, the object formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “nothing”.nothingἀπεκρίνατοapekrinatoto answerἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to answer”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.This verse uses “answer”.

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τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

Young’s Literal Translation

And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,

World English Bible

When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

Darby Translation

And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.

Douay-Rheims

And when he was accused by the chief priests and ancients, he answered nothing.

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