Matthew 27:36 — Compare 3 English translations

Matthew 27:36 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →

καὶ kaí G2532 and καθήμενοι káthēmai G2521 to sit down ἐτήρουν tēréō G5083 to guard αὐτὸν autós G846 he ἐκεῖ ekeî G1563 there

Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.

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World English Bible Public Domain

and they sat and watched him there.
King James Version Public Domain

And sitting down they watched him there;
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

and sitting down, they were guarding him there.

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Matthew 27:36 — compare English translations

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