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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.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
στρατηγός
strategos
noun · 10×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
φοβέω
phobeo
verb · 95×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀπαγγέλλω
apaggello
verb · 47×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ῥαβδοῦχος
rabdouchos
noun · 2×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×
Ῥωμαῖος
romaios
adjective · 12×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ἀπήγγειλαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀπήγγειλαν | RP: Ἀνήγγειλαν
  • ἀπήγγειλανSBLGNT
  • ἀπήγγειλανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἈνήγγειλανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ | RP: καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν
  • ἐφοβήθησαν δὲSBLGNT
  • ἐφοβήθησαν δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ ἐφοβήθησανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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.