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Acts 13:20

And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

KJV

ὡς ἔτεσιν τετρακοσίοις καὶ πεντήκοντα. καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἔδωκεν κριτὰς ἕως Σαμουὴλ προφήτου.

Greek NT

quasi post quadringentos et quinquaginta annos : et post hæc dedit judices, usque ad Samuel prophetam.

Vulgate

and after these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

ASV

As it were, after four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, he gave unto them judges, until Samuel the prophet.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Σαμουήλ
samouel
noun · 3×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κριτής
krites
noun · 19×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πεντήκοντα
pentekonta
adjective · 7×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
τετρακόσιοι
tetrakosioi
adjective · 4×
ἔτος
etos
noun · 49×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ὡς ἔτεσι τετρακοσίοις καὶ πεντήκοντα καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα . | WH/Treg/NIV: ὡς … πεντήκοντα καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα | RP: καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ὡς … πεντήκοντα
  • ὡς ἔτεσι τετρακοσίοις καὶ πεντήκοντα καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα .SBLGNT
  • ὡς … πεντήκοντα καὶ μετὰ ταῦταWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ὡς … πεντήκονταRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τοῦ | NIV/RP: τοῦ
  • τοῦSBLGNT
  • τοῦReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 3:20 — And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
  • 1Sam 7:15 — And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
  • Acts 3:24 — Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
  • Heb 11:32 — And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
  • Judg 2:16 — Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
  • Judg 2:16 — Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.