Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?
KJV
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
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13 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὦ | Ō | O | G5599 → |
| ἀνόητοι | anoētoi | foolish | G453 → |
| Γαλάται, | Galatai | Galatians! | G1052 → |
| τίς | tis | Who | G5101 → |
| ὑμᾶς | humas | you | G4771 → |
| ἐβάσκανεν | ebaskanen | has bewitched | G940 → |
| οἷς | hois | whose | G3739 → |
| κατ᾽ | kat᾽ | before | G2596 → |
| ὀφθαλμοὺς | ophthalmous | eyes | G3788 → |
| Ἰησοῦς | Iēsous | Jesus | G2424 → |
| Χριστὸς | Christos | Christ | G5547 → |
| προεγράφη | proegraphē | was publicly portrayed | G4270 → |
| ἐσταυρωμένος; | estaurōmenos | [as] crucified? | G4717 → |
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