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Acts 19:40

For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.

KJV

καὶ γὰρ κινδυνεύομεν ἐγκαλεῖσθαι στάσεως περὶ τῆς σήμερον, μηδενὸς αἰτίου ὑπάρχοντος περὶ οὗ οὐ δυνησόμεθα ἀποδοῦναι λόγον τῆς συστροφῆς ταύτης.

Greek NT

Nam et periclitamur argui seditionis hodiernæ, cum nullus obnoxius sit de quo possimus reddere rationem concursus istius. Et cum hæc dixisset, dimisit ecclesiam.

Vulgate

For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day’s riot, there being no cause for it: and as touching it we shall not be able to give account of this concourse.

ASV

For we are even in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no man guilty (of whom we may give account) of this concourse. And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἴτιος
aitios
adjective · 5×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κινδυνεύω
kinduneuo
verb · 4×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
σήμερον
semeron
adverb · 41×
στάσις
stasis
noun · 9×
συστροφή
sustrophe
noun · 2×
ἀποδίδωμι
apodidomi
verb · 48×
ἐγκαλέω
egkaleo
verb · 7×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑπάρχω
uparcho
verb · 60×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ἀποδοῦναι | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀποδοῦναι | RP: δοῦναι
  • ἀποδοῦναιSBLGNT
  • ἀποδοῦναιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δοῦναιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: περὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: περὶ
  • περὶSBLGNT
  • περὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 17:5 — But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, an