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Acts 23:16

And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

KJV

Ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀδελφῆς Παύλου τὴν ἐνέδραν παραγενόμενος καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ Παύλῳ.

Greek NT

Quod cum audisset filius sororis Pauli insidias, venit, et intravit in castra, nuntiavitque Paulo.

Vulgate

But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.

ASV

Which when Paul's sister's son had heard, of their lying in wait, he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
παραγίνομαι
paraginomai
verb · 38×
παρεμβολή
parembole
verb · 11×
υἱός
uios
noun · 375×
ἀδελφή
adelphe
noun · 26×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀπαγγέλλω
apaggello
verb · 47×
ἐνέδρα
enedra
noun · 2×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: τὴν ἐνέδραν | WH/Treg/NIV: τὴν ἐνέδραν | RP: τὸ ἔνεδρον
  • τὴν ἐνέδρανSBLGNT
  • τὴν ἐνέδρανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὸ ἔνεδρονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:19 — For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
  • 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.
  • Acts 23:10 — And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, an
  • Acts 23:32 — On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: