Acts 16:38
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
KJV
ἀπήγγειλαν τε τοῖς στρατηγοῖς οἱ ῥαβδοῦχοι τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα. ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ῥωμαῖοί εἰσιν,
Greek NT
et ipsi nos ejiciant. Nuntiaverunt autem magistratibus lictores verba hæc. Timueruntque audito quod Romani essent :
Vulgate
And the serjeants reported these words unto the magistrates: and they feared when they heard that they were Romans;
ASV
And let us out themselves. And the serjeants told these words to the magistrates. And they were afraid: hearing that they were Romans.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἀπήγγειλαν — SBLGNT
- ἀπήγγειλαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἀνήγγειλαν — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ — SBLGNT
- ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 22:29 — Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.