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Acts 16:13

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

KJV

τῇ τε ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων ἐξήλθομεν ἔξω τῆς πύλης παρὰ ποταμὸν οὗ ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴν εἶναι, καὶ καθίσαντες ἐλαλοῦμεν ταῖς συνελθούσαις γυναιξίν.

Greek NT

Die autem sabbatorum egressi sumus foras portam juxta flumen, ubi videbatur oratio esse : et sedentes loquebamur mulieribus quæ convenerant.

Vulgate

And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.

ASV

And upon the Sabbath day, we went forth without the gate by a river side, where it seemed that there was prayer: and sitting down, we spoke to the women that were assembled.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθίζω
kathizo
verb · 47×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
νομίζω
nomizo
verb · 15×
οὗ
ou
adverb · 24×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
ποταμός
potamos
noun · 17×
προσευχή
proseuche
noun · 36×
πύλη
pule
noun · 10×
σάββατον
sabbaton
noun · 68×
συνέρχομαι
sunerchomai
verb · 31×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἔξω
exo
adverb · 62×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: πύλης | WH/Treg/NIV: πύλης | RP: πόλεως
  • πύληςSBLGNT
  • πύληςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πόλεωςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴν | RP: ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴ
  • ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴνSBLGNT
  • ἐνομίζομεν προσευχὴνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

If Paul had known any mysteries unrevealed to the other apostles, Luke, his constant companion and fellow-traveller, could not have been ignorant of them; neither could the truth have possibly lain hid from him, through whom alone we learn many and most important particulars of the Gospel history. 1. But that this Luke was inseparable from Paul, and his fellow-labourer in the G…

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 4:2 — Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
  • Acts 13:14 — But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
  • Acts 13:14 — But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
  • Acts 16:16 — And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
  • Acts 17:1 — Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
  • Acts 21:5 — And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and
  • Acts 21:8 — And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
  • Col 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul
  • Luke 4:20 — And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.