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Acts 22:27

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

KJV

προσελθὼν δὲ ὁ χιλίαρχος εἶπεν αὐτῷ· λέγε μοι, σὺ Ῥωμαῖος εἶ; ὁ δὲ ἔφη, ναί.

Greek NT

Accedens autem tribunus, dixit illi : Dic mihi si tu Romanus es ? At ille dixit : Etiam.

Vulgate

And the chief captain came and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? And he said, Yea.

ASV

And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me. Art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ναί
nai
particle · 34×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
χιλίαρχος
chiliarchos
noun · 21×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
o
article · 19778×
Ῥωμαῖος
romaios
adjective · 12×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: σὺ | WH/Treg/NIV: σὺ | RP: εἰ σὺ
  • σὺSBLGNT
  • σὺWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰ σὺRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 22:25 — And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?