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Acts 16:36

And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

KJV

ἀπήγγειλεν δὲ ὁ δεσμοφύλαξ τοὺς λόγους τούτους πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον, ὅτι ἀπέσταλκαν οἱ στρατηγοὶ ἵνα ἀπολυθῆτε· νῦν οὖν ἐξελθόντες πορεύεσθε ἐν εἰρήνῃ.

Greek NT

Nuntiavit autem custos carceris verba hæc Paulo : Quia miserunt magistratus ut dimittamini : nunc igitur exeuntes, ite in pace.

Vulgate

And the jailor reported the words to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.

ASV

And the keeper of the prison told these words to Paul: The magistrates have sent to let you go. Now therefore depart. And go in peace.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δεσμοφύλαξ
desmophulax
noun · 3×
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
στρατηγός
strategos
noun · 10×
ἀπαγγέλλω
apaggello
verb · 47×
ἀπολύω
apoluo
verb · 67×
ἀποστέλλω
apostello
verb · 131×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: τούτους | NIV/RP: τούτους
  • τούτουςSBLGNT
  • τούτουςReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 15:33 — And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
  • Acts 15:33 — And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
  • John 14:27 — Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
  • Matt 2:13 — And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring