Acts 21:20
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
KJV
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐδόξαζον τὸν θεόν, εἶπάν τε αὐτῷ, θεωρεῖς, ἀδελφέ, πόσαι μυριάδες εἰσὶν τῶν πεπιστευκότων, καὶ πάντες ζηλωταὶ τοῦ νόμου ὑπάρχουσιν·
Greek NT
At illi cum audissent, magnificabant Deum, dixeruntque ei : Vides, frater, quot millia sunt in Judæis qui crediderunt, et omnes æmulatores sunt legis.
Vulgate
And they, when they heard it, glorified God; and they said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of them that have believed; and they are all zealous for the law:
ASV
But they hearing it, glorified God and said to him: Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews that have believed: and they are all zealous for the law.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δοξάζω
doxazo
verb · 61×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζηλωτής
zelotes
noun · 8×
θεωρέω
theoreo
verb · 57×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μυριάς
murias
noun · 9×
νόμος
nomos
noun · 196×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
πόσος
posos
correlative_pronoun · 27×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπάρχω
uparcho
verb · 60×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: θεόν | WH/Treg/NIV: θεόν | RP: κύριον
- θεόν — SBLGNT
- θεόν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- κύριον — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: εἶπόν τε | WH/Treg/NIV: εἶπόν τε | RP: εἰπόντες
- εἶπόν τε — SBLGNT
- εἶπόν τε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- εἰπόντες — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις | RP: Ἰουδαίων
- ἐν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις — SBLGNT
- ἐν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἰουδαίων — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§595Among the religious authorities of Jerusalem, not only were the Pharisee Nicodemus and the prominent Joseph of Arimathea both secret disciples of Jesus, but there was also long-standing dissension about him, so much so that St. John says of these authorities on the very eve of Christ's Passion, "many.. . believed in him", though very imperfectly.378 This is not surprising, if o…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210218.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:20 — And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
- Acts 1:15 — And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
- 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 15:1 — And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
- Acts 15:5 — But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
- Acts 15:5 — But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
- Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
- Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
- Gal 1:14 — And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
- Matt 13:32 — Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Phil 3:6 — Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
- Ps 85:12 — Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
- Ps 110:3 — Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
- Rom 10:2 — For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- Rom 10:2 — For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.