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Matthew 8:28

And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “when was coming He” (ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “Gadarenes” (Γαδαρηνῶν) before met here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “having come” (ἐλθόντι) before He here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Gerasenes” (Γεργεσηνῶν) before met here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Him” (αὐτῷ) before two here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ΚαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐλθόντοςelthontoswas comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “was come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.was comeαὐτοῦautouhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “him”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πέρανperanother sideπέρανadverb — “other side”G4008over, on the other side, beyond.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χώρανchōrancountryχώρα (chōra)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “country”, the object formG5561(a) a country or region, (b) the land, as opposed to the sea, (c) the country, distinct from town, (d) plur: fields.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΓαδαρηνῶνgadarēnōnGadareneΓαδαρηνός (gadarēnos)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “Gadarene”, the of-formG1046Gadarene, belonging to Gadara (an important Hellenized town, one of the Decapolis, and south-east of the Sea of Galilee).This verse uses “Gadarene”.ὑπήντησανhupēntēsanto go meetὑπαντάω (hupantaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to go meet”, a single actionG5221I meet, go to meet.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.δύοduotwoδύοadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “two”, the subject formG1417two.twoδαιμονιζόμενοιdaimonizomenoipossessed with devilsδαιμονίζομαι (daimonizomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “possessed with devils”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1139I am possessed, am under the power of an evil-spirit or demon.possessed with devilsἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μνημείωνmnēmeiōntombsμνημεῖον (mnēmeion)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “tombs”, the of-formG3419a tomb, sepulcher, monument.the tombsἐξερχόμενοιexerchomenoito go outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to go out”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1831I go out, come out.This verse uses “go out”.χαλεποὶchalepoifierceχαλεπός (chalepos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “fierce”, the subject formG5467(a) hard, troublesome, (b) harsh, fierce.This verse uses “fierce”.fierceλίανliangreatlyλίανadverb — “greatly”G3029very; very much, exceedingly, greatly.ὥστεhōsteso thatὥστεconjunction — “so that”G5620so that, therefore, so then, so as to.This verse uses “so that”.so thatμὴmēnoμήadverb — “no”G3361not, lest.noἰσχύεινischueinto mightἰσχύω (ischuō)verb, present active infinitive — “to might”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2480I have strength, am strong, am in full health and vigor, am able; meton: I prevail.mightτινὰtinaoneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.παρελθεῖνpareltheinto passπαρέρχομαι (parerchomai)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to pass”, a single actionG3928I pass by, pass away, pass out of sight; I am rendered void, become vain, neglect, disregard.passδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδοῦhodouwayὁδός (hodos)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “way”, the of-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.wayἐκείνηςekeinēsthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “that”, the of-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐλθόντιelthontiwas comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, second aorist active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “was come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.Γεργεσηνῶνgergesēnōnof the GergesenesΓεργεσηνός (gergesēnos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the Gergesenes”, the of-formG1086from Gerasene.αὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,

World English Bible

When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.

Darby Translation

And there met him, when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, two possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs, exceeding dangerous, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

Douay-Rheims

And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.

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