And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “and” (καὶ) before he was here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from the door” (ἀπὸ τῆς θύρας) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἰδοὺidoubeholdἰδούparticle — “behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.beholdσεισμὸςseismosearthquakeσεισμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “earthquake”, the subject formG4578a shaking (as an earthquake); a storm.earthquakeἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.μέγαςmegasgreatμέγαςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ἄγγελοςangelosangelἄγγελοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “angel”, the subject formG32a messenger, generally a (supernatural) messenger from God, an angel, conveying news or behests from God to men.the angelγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.κυρίουkuriouof the Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the Lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.of the Lordκαταβὰςkatabasdescendedκαταβαίνω (katabainō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “descended”, a single actionG2597I go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend.descendedἐξexfromἐκ (ek)preposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromοὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπροσελθὼνproselthōnto come nearπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to come near”, a single actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).This verse uses “come near”.ἀπεκύλισεapekuliseto roll awayἀποκυλίω (apokuliō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to roll away”, a single actionG617I roll away.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λίθονlithonstoneλίθος (lithos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “stone”, the object formG3037a stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐκάθητοekathētosatκάθημαι (kathēmai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “sat”, an ongoing action in the pastG2521I sit, am seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside.satἐπάνωepanōuponἐπάνωpreposition — “upon”G1883(a) adv: on the top, above, (b) prep: on the top of, above, over, on, above, more than, superior to.uponαὐτοῦautouitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “it”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.it
Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θύραςthurasdoorθύρα (thura)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “door”, the of-formG2374(a) a door, (b) met: an opportunity.
Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it,
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American Standard Version (1901)
And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.
Young’s Literal Translation
and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it,
World English Bible
Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky and came and rolled away the stone from the door and sat on it.
Darby Translation
And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of [the] Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.
Douay-Rheims
And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and coming, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.
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