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Acts 20:23

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

KJV

πλὴν ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον κατὰ πόλιν διαμαρτύρεταί μοι λέγον ὅτι δεσμὰ καὶ θλίψεις με μένουσιν.

Greek NT

nisi quod Spiritus Sanctus per omnes civitates mihi protestatur, dicens quoniam vincula et tribulationes Jerosolymis me manent.

Vulgate

save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

ASV

Save that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesseth to me, saying: That bands and afflictions wait for me at Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δεσμόν
desmon
noun · 18×
διαμαρτύρομαι
diamarturomai
verb · 15×
θλῖψις
thlipsis
noun · 45×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
πλήν
plen
adverb · 31×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

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

trivial
SBLGNT: μοι | WH/Treg/NIV: μοι
  • μοιSBLGNT
  • μοιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: καὶ θλίψεις με | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ θλίψεις με | RP: με καὶ θλίψεις
  • καὶ θλίψεις μεSBLGNT
  • καὶ θλίψεις μεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • με καὶ θλίψειςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:31 — I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
  • 1Thess 3:3 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
  • 2Cor 4:17 — For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
  • 2Thess 2:2 — That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
  • 2Tim 2:12 — If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
  • Acts 9:16 — For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
  • Acts 14:22 — Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 21:4 — And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 21:11 — And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and sha
  • Acts 21:11 — And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and sha
  • Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
  • Acts 21:33 — Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
  • Gal 6:14 — But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
  • Heb 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
  • John 16:13 — Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to co
  • Luke 9:24 — For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
  • Matt 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Matt 16:25 — For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
  • Phil 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
  • Prov 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
  • Ps 119:157 — Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
  • Rom 8:35 — Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?