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John 12:20

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

KJV

Ἦσαν δὲ Ἕλληνές τινες ἐκ τῶν ἀναβαινόντων ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ·

Greek NT

Erant autem quidam gentiles, ex his qui ascenderant ut adorarent in die festo.

Vulgate

Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:

ASV

Now there were certain Gentiles among them, who came up to adore on the festival day.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
προσκυνέω
proskuneo
verb · 59×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀναβαίνω
anabaino
verb · 81×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑορτή
eorte
noun · 25×
Ἕλλην
ellen
noun · 26×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: Ἕλληνές τινες | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἕλληνές τινες | RP: τινες Ἕλληνές
  • Ἕλληνές τινεςSBLGNT
  • Ἕλληνές τινεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τινες ἝλληνέςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:41 — Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
  • 2Chr 6:32 — Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in
  • Acts 2:5 — And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
  • Acts 8:27 — And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to wors
  • Acts 8:27 — And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to wors
  • Acts 17:4 — And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
  • Isa 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
  • Isa 56:7 — Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an
  • Isa 60:3 — And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • John 7:35 — Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
  • John 7:35 — Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
  • Mal 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon h
  • Mark 7:26 — The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.