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Acts 19:37

For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

KJV

ἠγάγετε γὰρ τοὺς ἄνδρας τούτους οὔτε ἱεροσύλους οὔτε βλασφημοῦντας τὴν θεὸν ἡμῶν.

Greek NT

Adduxistis enim homines istos, neque sacrilegos, neque blasphemantes deam vestram.

Vulgate

For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

ASV

For you have brought hither these men, who are neither guilty of sacrilege nor of blasphemy against your goddess.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βλασφημέω
blasphemeo
verb · 34×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
οὔτε
oute
conjunction · 94×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἱερόσυλος
ierosulos
adjective · 1×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἡμῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμῶν | RP: ὑμῶν
  • ἡμῶνSBLGNT
  • ἡμῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὑμῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 6:3 — Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
  • Rom 2:22 — Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?