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Acts 24:10

Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

KJV

Ἀπεκρίθη τε ὁ Παῦλος νεύσαντος αὐτῷ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος λέγειν, ἐκ πολλῶν ἐτῶν ὄντα σε κριτὴν τῷ ἔθνει τούτῳ ἐπιστάμενος εὐθύμως τὰ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ἀπολογοῦμαι,

Greek NT

Respondit autem Paulus (annuente sibi præside dicere) : Ex multis annis te esse judicem genti huic sciens, bono animo pro me satisfaciam.

Vulgate

And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defence:

ASV

Then Paul answered (the governor making a sign to him to speak): Knowing that for many years thou hast been judge over this nation, I will with good courage answer for myself.

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×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εὔθυμος
euthumos
adjective · 2×
κριτής
krites
noun · 19×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
νεύω
neuo
verb · 2×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἀπολογέομαι
apologeomai
verb · 10×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐμαυτοῦ
emautou
reflexive_pronoun · 37×
ἐπίσταμαι
epistamai
verb · 15×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
ἔτος
etos
noun · 49×
ἡγεμών
egemon
noun · 20×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 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: εὐθύμως | WH/Treg/NIV: εὐθύμως | RP: εὐθυμότερον
  • εὐθύμωςSBLGNT
  • εὐθύμωςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εὐθυμότερονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:15 — But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
  • 1Sam 2:25 — If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the
  • Acts 23:24 — And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
  • Acts 23:35 — I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.