Acts 21:23
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
KJV
τοῦτο οὖν ποίησον ὅ σοι λέγομεν· εἰσὶν ἡμῖν ἄνδρες τέσσαρες εὐχὴν ἔχοντες ἐφ’ ἑαυτῶν.
Greek NT
Hoc ergo fac quod tibi dicimus. Sunt nobis viri quatuor, votum habentes super se.
Vulgate
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men that have a vow on them;
ASV
Do therefore this that we say to thee. We have four men, who have a vow on them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εὐχή
euche
noun · 3×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τέσσαρες
tessares
adjective · 41×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἀφ᾽ | WH: ἀφ᾽ | Treg/NIV/RP: ἐφ᾽
- ἀφ᾽ — SBLGNT
- ἀφ᾽ — Westcott-Hort
- ἐφ᾽ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2102"A vow is a deliberate and free promise made to God concerning a possible and better good which must be fulfilled by reason of the virtue of religion,"21 A vow is an act of devotion in which the Christian dedicates himself to God or promises him some good work. By fulfilling his vows he renders to God what has been promised and consecrated to Him. the Acts of the Apostles shows…
Cross-references
- Acts 18:18 — And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he
- Num 6:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: