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Mark 8:3

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

KJV

καὶ ἐὰν ἀπολύσω αὐτοὺς νήστις εἰς οἶκον αὐτῶν, ἐκλυθήσονται ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ· καί τινες αὐτῶν ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ἥκασιν.

Greek NT

et si dimisero eos jejunos in domum suam, deficient in via : quidam enim ex eis de longe venerunt.

Vulgate

and if I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way; and some of them are come from far.

ASV

And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μακρόθεν
makrothen
adverb · 14×
νῆστις
nestis
adjective · 2×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀπολύω
apoluo
verb · 67×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐκλύω
ekluo
verb · 5×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἥκω
eko
verb · 26×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: καί τινες | WH/Treg/NIV: καί τινες | RP: τινὲς γὰρ
  • καί τινεςSBLGNT
  • καί τινεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τινὲς γὰρRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ἀπὸ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπὸ
  • ἀπὸSBLGNT
  • ἀπὸWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἥκασιν | Treg/NIV: ἥκασιν | WH: εἰσίν | RP: ἥκουσιν
  • ἥκασινSBLGNT
  • ἥκασινTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰσίνWestcott-Hort
  • ἥκουσινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 14:28 — Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
  • 1Sam 30:10 — But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
  • Isa 40:31 — But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
  • Judg 8:4 — And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.