King James Version

Matthew 4:18

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the Jesus” (ὁ Ἰησοῦς) before beside here.

Περιπατῶνperipatōnwalkingπεριπατέω (peripateō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “walking”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4043I walk, hence Hebraistically (in an ethical sense): I conduct my life, live.walkingδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.παρὰparabyπαράpreposition — “by”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.byτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.the seaτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Γαλιλαίαςgalilaiasof GalileeΓαλιλαία (galilaia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of Galilee”, the of-formG1056Galilee, a district towards the southern end of the Roman province Syria; the northern division of Palestine.of Galileeεἶδενeidenseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “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).sawδύοduotwoδύοadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “two”, the object formG1417two.twoἀδελφούςadelphousbrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenΣίμωναsimōnaSimonΣίμων (simōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Simon”, the object formG4613Simon.Simonτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λεγόμενονlegomenoncalledλέγω (legō)verb, present passive participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “called”, 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.calledΠέτρονpetronPeterΠέτρος (petros)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the object formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".Peterκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἈνδρέανandreanAndrewἈνδρέας (andreas)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Andrew”, the object formG406Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, and one of the apostles of Jesus, belonging to Bethsaida.Andrewτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφὸνadelphonbrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brotherαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.βάλλονταςballontascastingβάλλω (ballō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “casting”, an ongoing or repeated actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.castingἀμφίβληστρονamphiblēstrona netἀμφίβληστρονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a net”, the object formG293prop: something thrown around; a fishing-net, drag-net.a netεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θάλασσανthalassanseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “sea”, the object formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.the seaἦσανēsanthey wereεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.they wereγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἁλιεῖςhalieisfishersἁλιεύς (halieus)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “fishers”, the subject formG231a fisherman.fishers

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea — for they were fishers —

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American Standard Version (1901)

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon named Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea — for they were fishers —

World English Bible

Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Darby Translation

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;

Douay-Rheims

And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishers).

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