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Acts 23:18

So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.

KJV

ὁ μὲν οὖν παραλαβὼν αὐτὸν ἤγαγεν πρὸς τὸν χιλίαρχον καὶ φησίν, ὁ δέσμιος Παῦλος προσκαλεσάμενός με ἠρώτησεν τοῦτον τὸν νεανίσκον ἀγαγεῖν πρὸς σέ, ἔχοντά τι λαλῆσαί σοι.

Greek NT

Et ille quidem assumens eum duxit ad tribunum, et ait : Vinctus Paulus rogavit me hunc adolescentem perducere ad te, habentem aliquid loqui tibi.

Vulgate

So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee.

ASV

And he, taking him, brought him to the tribune and said: Paul, the prisoner, desired me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath some thing to say to thee.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέσμιος
desmios
noun · 16×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
νεανίσκος
neaniskos
noun · 11×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παραλαμβάνω
paralambano
verb · 49×
προσκαλέομαι
proskaleomai
verb · 29×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
χιλίαρχος
chiliarchos
noun · 21×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: νεανίαν | WH/RP: νεανίαν | Treg/NIV: νεανίσκον
  • νεανίανSBLGNT
  • νεανίανWestcott-Hort, Robinson-Pierpont
  • νεανίσκονTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 28:17 — And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against th
  • Eph 3:1 — For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
  • Eph 3:1 — For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
  • Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
  • Phlm 1:9 — Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.