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Acts 23:28

And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

KJV

βουλόμενός τε ἐπιγνῶναι τὴν αἰτίαν δι’ ἣν ἐνεκάλουν αὐτῷ κατήγαγον εἰς τὸ συνέδριον αὐτῶν·

Greek NT

Volensque scire causam quam objiciebant illi, deduxi eum in concilium eorum.

Vulgate

And desiring to know the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him down unto their council:

ASV

And meaning to know the cause which they objected unto him, I brought him forth into their council.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰτία
aitia
noun · 20×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βούλομαι
boulomai
verb · 36×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κατάγω
katago
verb · 9×
συνέδριον
sunedrion
noun · 22×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἐγκαλέω
egkaleo
verb · 7×
ἐπιγινώσκω
epiginosko
verb · 44×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: τε | WH/Treg/NIV: τε | RP: δὲ
  • τεSBLGNT
  • τεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἐπιγνῶναι | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐπιγνῶναι | RP: γνῶναι
  • ἐπιγνῶναιSBLGNT
  • ἐπιγνῶναιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • γνῶναιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: κατήγαγον | WH/Treg/NIV: κατήγαγον | RP: + αὐτὸν
  • κατήγαγονSBLGNT
  • κατήγαγονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτὸνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 22:30 — On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brough
  • Acts 22:30 — On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brough