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Acts 19:38

Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.

KJV

εἰ μὲν οὖν Δημήτριος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ τεχνῖται ἔχουσι πρός τινα λόγον, ἀγοραῖοι ἄγονται καὶ ἀνθύπατοί εἰσιν· ἐγκαλείτωσαν ἀλλήλοις.

Greek NT

Quod si Demetrius et qui cum eo sunt artifices, habent adversus aliquem causam, conventus forenses aguntur, et proconsules sunt : accusent invicem.

Vulgate

If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

ASV

But if Demetrius and the craftsmen that are with him have a matter against any man, the courts of justice are open: and there are proconsuls. Let them accuse one another.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δημήτριος
demetrios
noun · 3×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
τεχνίτης
technites
noun · 4×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀγοραῖος
agoraios
adjective · 2×
ἀλλήλων
allelon
reciprocal_pronoun · 100×
ἀνθύπατος
anthupatos
noun · 5×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
ἐγκαλέω
egkaleo
verb · 7×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:1 — Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
  • Acts 13:7 — Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
  • Acts 13:7 — Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.