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Acts 11:20

And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus.

KJV

ἦσαν δέ τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες Κύπριοι καὶ Κυρηναῖοι, οἵτινες ἐλθόντες εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ἐλάλουν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς Ἑλληνάς, εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν.

Greek NT

Erant autem quidam ex eis viri Cyprii et Cyrenæi, qui cum introissent Antiochiam, loquebantur et ad Græcos, annuntiantes Dominum Jesum.

Vulgate

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

ASV

But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they were entered into Antioch, spoke also to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Jesus
Places Cyrene

In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Κυρηναῖος
kurenaios
noun · 6×
Κύπριος
kuprios
noun · 3×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὐαγγελίζω
euaggelizo
verb · 54×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
Ἀντιόχεια
antiocheia
noun · 18×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἕλλην
ellen
noun · 26×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ἐλθόντες | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐλθόντες | RP: εἰσελθόντες
  • ἐλθόντεςSBLGNT
  • ἐλθόντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰσελθόντεςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Ἑλληνιστάς | WH/NA/RP: Ἑλληνιστάς | Treg/NIV: Ἕλληνας
  • ἙλληνιστάςSBLGNT
  • ἙλληνιστάςWestcott-Hort, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
  • ἝλληναςTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:23 — But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
  • Acts 2:10 — Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
  • Acts 6:1 — And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
  • Acts 6:9 — Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
  • Acts 9:29 — And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
  • Acts 11:26 — And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christia
  • Acts 13:1 — Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod th
  • Eccl 11:6 — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
  • Eph 3:8 — Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • Matt 27:32 — And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
  • Matt 27:32 — And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.