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Acts 16:40

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

KJV

ἐξελθόντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς φυλακῆς εἰσῆλθον πρὸς τὴν Λυδίαν, καὶ ἰδόντες παρεκάλεσαν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς καὶ ἐξῆλθαν.

Greek NT

Exeuntes autem de carcere, introierunt ad Lydiam : et visis fratribus consolati sunt eos, et profecti sunt.

Vulgate

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

ASV

And they went out of the prison and entered into the house of Lydia: and having seen the brethren, they comforted them and departed.

Douay-Rheims

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People Lydia

In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Λυδία
ludia
noun · 2×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
φυλακή
phulake
noun · 46×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ἀπὸ | WH/NIV: ἀπὸ | Treg/RP: ἐκ
  • ἀπὸSBLGNT
  • ἀπὸWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐκTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: παρεκάλεσαν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς | WH/Treg/NIV: παρεκάλεσαν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς | RP: τοὺς ἀδελφούς παρεκάλεσαν αὐτούς
  • παρεκάλεσαν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺςSBLGNT
  • παρεκάλεσαν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τοὺς ἀδελφούς παρεκάλεσαν αὐτούςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 3:2 — And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
  • 2Cor 1:3 — Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
  • 2Cor 4:8 — We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
  • 2Cor 4:16 — For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
  • Acts 4:23 — And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
  • Acts 12:12 — And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
  • Acts 14:20 — Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
  • Acts 14:22 — Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 16:14 — And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.