Berean Standard Bible
36And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
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Matthew 27:36
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And sitting down, they kept watch over him there.
Standard rendering from the source text. The imperfect tense of ἐτήρουν conveys continuous watching, rendered as "kept watch" to preserve the ongoing nature of the action.
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King James Version
36And sitting down they watched him there;
Goodspeed New Testament
36and sat down there to keep watch of him.
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →36Then the soldiers sat down there to guard him, to prevent anyone from trying to rescue him.
Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
36
And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
and sat down there to keep watch of him.
Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
King James Version
36
And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
and sat down there to keep watch of him.
And sitting down they watched him there;
SBL
Greek, word by word
36
καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too καθήμενοι sit κάθημαι káthēmai from G2596 (κατά); and (to sit; akin to the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος)); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside dwell ἐτήρουν keep τηρέω tēréō from (a watch; perhaps akin to G2334 (θεωρέω)); to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and th αὐτὸν he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive ἐκεῖ there ἐκεῖ ekeî there; by extension, thither there, thither(-ward), (to) yonder (place) .
And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
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