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Acts 22:2

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

KJV

ἀκούσαντες δὲ ὅτι τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ προσεφώνει αὐτοῖς μᾶλλον παρέσχον ἡσυχίαν. καὶ φησίν·

Greek NT

Cum audissent autem quia hebræa lingua loqueretur ad illos, magis præstiterunt silentium.

Vulgate

And when they heard that he spake unto them in the Hebrew language, they were the more quiet: and he saith,

ASV

(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence.)

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διάλεκτος
dialektos
noun · 6×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μᾶλλον
mallon
adverb · 81×
παρέχω
parecho
verb · 16×
προσφωνέω
prosphoneo
verb · 7×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
Ἑβραΐς
ebrais
noun · 3×
ἡσυχία
esuchia
noun · 4×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 21:40 — And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
  • Acts 21:40 — And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
  • Acts 26:14 — And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.