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Acts 16:4

And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.

KJV

Ὡς δὲ διεπορεύοντο τὰς πόλεις, παρεδίδοσαν αὐτοῖς φυλάσσειν τὰ δόγματα τὰ κεκριμένα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ πρεσβυτέρων τῶν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις.

Greek NT

Cum autem pertransirent civitates, tradebant eis custodiri dogmata quæ erant decreta ab Apostolis et senioribus qui erant Jerosolymis.

Vulgate

And as they went on their way through the cities, they delivered them the decrees to keep which had been ordained of the apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.

ASV

And as they passed through the cities, they delivered unto them the decrees for to keep, that were decreed by the apostles and ancients who were at Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαπορεύομαι
diaporeuomai
verb · 5×
δόγμα
dogma
noun · 5×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
παραδίδωμι
paradidomi
verb · 119×
πρεσβύτερος
presbuteros
adjective · 67×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
φυλάσσω
phulasso
verb · 31×
ἀπόστολος
apostolos
noun · 79×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἱεροσόλυμα
ierosoluma
noun · 61×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: παρεδίδοσαν | WH/Treg/NIV: παρεδίδοσαν | RP: παρεδίδουν
  • παρεδίδοσανSBLGNT
  • παρεδίδοσανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • παρεδίδουνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: + τῶν
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Ἱεροσολύμοις | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἱεροσολύμοις | RP: Ἱερουσαλήμ
  • ἹεροσολύμοιςSBLGNT
  • ἹεροσολύμοιςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἹερουσαλήμRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:21 — To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
  • Acts 11:30 — Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
  • Acts 15:2 — When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and e
  • Acts 15:28 — For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
  • Acts 15:30 — So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
  • Acts 15:41 — And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.