King James Version

Matthew 8:29

And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “Jesus” (Ἰησοῦ,) before Son here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἰδοὺidoubeholdἰδούparticle — “behold”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.beholdἔκραξανekraxanthey cried outκράζω (krazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they cried out”, a single actionG2896I cry aloud, shriek.they cried outλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (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.sayingΤίtiWhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “What”, the subject formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.WhatἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).have weκαὶkaito do withκαίconjunction — “to do with”G2532and, even, also, namely.to do withσοίsoitheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.theeυἱὲhuiethou Sonυἱός (huios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “thou Son”, the calling formG5207a son, descendent.thou Sonτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouof Godθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.of Godἦλθεςēlthes? art thou comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “? art thou come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.? art thou comeὧδεhōdehitherὧδεadverb — “hither”G5602here, the things here, what is here, what is going on here, the state of affairs here.hitherπρὸprobeforeπρόpreposition — “before”G4253(a) of place: before, in front of, (b) of time: before, earlier than.beforeκαιροῦkairoutimeκαιρός (kairos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “time”, the of-formG2540fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time.This verse uses “time”.the timeβασανίσαιbasanisaito tortureβασανίζω (basanizō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to torture”, a single actionG928I examine, as by torture; I torment; I buffet, as of waves.This verse uses “torture”.ἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the calling formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and lo, they cried out, saying, 'What — to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Young’s Literal Translation

and lo, they cried out, saying, 'What — to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'

World English Bible

Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

Darby Translation

And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? hast thou come here before the time to torment us?

Douay-Rheims

And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

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