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Acts 21:37

And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

KJV

μέλλων τε εἰσάγεσθαι εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ὁ Παῦλος λέγει τῷ χιλιάρχῳ· εἰ ἔξεστίν μοι εἰπεῖν τι πρὸς σέ; ὁ δὲ ἔφη· ἑλληνιστὶ γινώσκεις;

Greek NT

Et cum cœpisset induci in castra Paulus, dicit tribuno : Si licet mihi loqui aliquid ad te ? Qui dixit : Græce nosti ?

Vulgate

And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

ASV

And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith to the tribune: May I speak something to thee? Who said: Canst thou speak Greek?

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσάγω
eisago
verb · 11×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
παρεμβολή
parembole
verb · 11×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
χιλίαρχος
chiliarchos
noun · 21×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔξεστι
exesti
verb · 32×
Ἑλληνιστί
ellenisti
adverb · 2×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: τι | WH/Treg/NIV: τι
  • τιSBLGNT
  • τιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 21:34 — And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
  • John 18:12 — Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,