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Acts 23:20

And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.

KJV

εἶπεν δὲ ὅτι οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι συνέθεντο τοῦ ἐρωτῆσαί σε ὅπως αὔριον τὸν Παῦλον καταγάγῃς εἰς τὸ συνέδριον ὡς μέλλων τι ἀκριβέστερον πυνθάνεσθαι περὶ αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Ille autem dixit : Judæis convenit rogare te ut crastina die producas Paulum in concilium, quasi aliquid certius inquisituri sint de illo :

Vulgate

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.

ASV

And he said: The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldst bring forth Paul to-morrow into the council, as if they meant to inquire some thing more certain touching him.

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×
αὔριον
aurion
adverb · 14×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κατάγω
katago
verb · 9×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πυνθάνομαι
punthanomai
verb · 11×
συνέδριον
sunedrion
noun · 22×
συντίθεμαι
suntithemai
verb · 4×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀκριβέστερον
akribesteron
adverb · 4×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×
ὅπως
opos
adverb · 53×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τὸν Παῦλον καταγάγῃς εἰς τὸ συνέδριον | WH/Treg/NIV: τὸν Παῦλον καταγάγῃς εἰς τὸ συνέδριον | RP: εἰς τὸ συνέδριον καταγάγῃς τὸν Παῦλον
  • τὸν Παῦλον καταγάγῃς εἰς τὸ συνέδριονSBLGNT
  • τὸν Παῦλον καταγάγῃς εἰς τὸ συνέδριονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰς τὸ συνέδριον καταγάγῃς τὸν ΠαῦλονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: μέλλον | NIV: μέλλον | WH/Treg: μέλλων | RP: μέλλοντά
  • μέλλονSBLGNT
  • μέλλονReader's GNT (NA27)
  • μέλλωνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • μέλλοντάRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 23:14 — And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
  • Acts 23:30 — And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.