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Acts 20:21

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

KJV

διαμαρτυρόμενος Ἰουδαίοις τε καὶ Ἕλλησιν τὴν εἰς θεὸν μετάνοιαν καὶ πίστιν εἰς τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν.

Greek NT

testificans Judæis atque gentilibus in Deum pœnitentiam, et fidem in Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum.

Vulgate

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

ASV

Testifying both to Jews and Gentiles penance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
διαμαρτύρομαι
diamarturomai
verb · 15×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μετάνοια
metanoia
noun · 22×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
Ἕλλην
ellen
noun · 26×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: εἰς | WH/Treg/NIV: εἰς | RP: + τὸν
  • εἰςSBLGNT
  • εἰςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τὸνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πίστιν | WH/Treg/NIV: πίστιν | RP: + τὴν
  • πίστινSBLGNT
  • πίστινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τὴνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦν | WH/NIV/RP: Ἰησοῦν | Treg: + χριστόν
  • ἸησοῦνSBLGNT
  • ἸησοῦνWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • + χριστόνTregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:6 — Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
  • 1John 5:1 — Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
  • 1John 5:5 — Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
  • 1John 5:11 — And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • 2Cor 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
  • 2Tim 2:25 — In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
  • 2Tim 2:25 — In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
  • Acts 2:38 — Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
  • Acts 2:38 — Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
  • Acts 2:40 — And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
  • Acts 8:25 — And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
  • Acts 11:18 — When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
  • Acts 11:18 — When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
  • Acts 17:30 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
  • Acts 17:30 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
  • 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.
  • Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
  • Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
  • Acts 24:24 — And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
  • Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
  • Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
  • Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
  • Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
  • Eph 1:15 — Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
  • Eph 4:17 — This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Gal 2:20 — I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself fo
  • Heb 6:1 — Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
  • Heb 6:9 — But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
  • Heb 11:1 — Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
  • Jas 2:1 — My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
  • Luke 5:32 — I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  • Luke 13:3 — I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
  • Luke 23:42 — And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
  • Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  • Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  • Mark 1:15 — And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
  • Mark 1:15 — And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
  • Mark 2:17 — When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  • Mark 6:12 — And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
  • Mark 6:12 — And they went out, and preached that men should repent.