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Acts 17:15

And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.

KJV

οἱ δὲ καθιστάνοντες τὸν Παῦλον ἤγαγον ἕως Ἀθηνῶν, καὶ λαβόντες ἐντολὴν πρὸς τὸν Σιλᾶν καὶ τὸν Τιμόθεον ἵνα ὡς τάχιστα ἔλθωσιν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐξῄεσαν.

Greek NT

Qui autem deducebant Paulum, perduxerunt eum usque Athenas, et accepto mandato ab eo ad Silam et Timotheum ut quam celeriter venirent ad illum, profecti sunt.

Vulgate

But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

ASV

And they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People PaulTimothySilas
Places Athens

In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
Σίλας
silas
noun · 12×
Τιμόθεος
timotheos
noun · 24×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθίστημι
kathistemi
verb · 21×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τάχιστα
tachista
adverb · 1×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
Ἀθῆναι
athenai
noun · 4×
ἐντολή
entole
noun · 66×
ἔξειμι
exeimi
verb · 4×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: καθιστάνοντες | WH/Treg/NIV: καθιστάνοντες | RP: καθιστῶντες
  • καθιστάνοντεςSBLGNT
  • καθιστάνοντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καθιστῶντεςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἤγαγον | WH/Treg/NIV: ἤγαγον | RP: + αὐτὸν
  • ἤγαγονSBLGNT
  • ἤγαγονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτὸνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: τὸν
  • τὸνSBLGNT
  • τὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 3:1 — Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
  • 1Thess 3:1 — Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
  • 2Tim 4:10 — For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
  • Acts 18:1 — After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
  • Acts 18:1 — After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
  • Acts 18:5 — And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
  • Titus 3:12 — When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.