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Acts 21:39

But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

KJV

εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Παῦλος, ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος μέν εἰμι Ἰουδαῖος, Ταρσεύς, τῆς Κιλικίας, οὐκ ἀσήμου πόλεως πολίτης· δέομαι δέ σου, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν λαόν.

Greek NT

Et dixit ad eum Paulus : Ego homo sum quidem Judæus a Tarso Ciliciæ, non ignotæ civitatis municeps. Rogo autem te, permitte mihi loqui ad populum.

Vulgate

But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.

ASV

But Paul said to him: I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. And I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Paul
Places CiliciaTarsus

In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Κιλικία
kilikia
noun · 8×
Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
Ταρσεύς
tarseus
noun · 2×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δέομαι
deomai
verb · 22×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πολίτης
polites
noun · 4×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἄσημος
asemos
adjective · 1×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπιτρέπω
epitrepo
verb · 18×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:15 — But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
  • Acts 6:9 — Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
  • Acts 9:11 — And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
  • Acts 9:11 — And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
  • Acts 19:30 — And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
  • 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
  • Acts 23:27 — This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
  • Acts 23:34 — And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;