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Acts 24:22

And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.

KJV

Ἀνεβάλετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ Φῆλιξ, ἀκριβέστερον εἰδὼς τὰ περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ εἴπας, ὅταν Λυσίας ὁ χιλίαρχος καταβῇ διαγνώσομαι τὰ καθ’ ὑμᾶς,

Greek NT

Distulit autem illos Felix, certissime sciens de via hac, dicens : Cum tribunus Lysias descenderit, audiam vos.

Vulgate

But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will determine your matter.

ASV

And Felix put them off, having most certain knowledge of this way, saying: When Lysias the tribune shall come down, I will hear you.

Douay-Rheims

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People Felix

In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Λυσίας
lusias
noun · 2×
Φῆλιξ
phelix
noun · 9×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διαγινώσκω
diaginosko
verb · 2×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
χιλίαρχος
chiliarchos
noun · 21×
ἀκριβέστερον
akribesteron
adverb · 4×
ἀναβάλλομαι
anaballomai
verb · 1×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: Ἀνεβάλετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ Φῆλιξ | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἀνεβάλετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ Φῆλιξ | RP: Ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα ὁ Φῆλιξ ἀνεβάλετο αὐτούς
  • Ἀνεβάλετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ ΦῆλιξSBLGNT
  • Ἀνεβάλετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ ΦῆλιξWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα ὁ Φῆλιξ ἀνεβάλετο αὐτούςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: εἴπας | WH/Treg/NIV: εἴπας | RP: εἰπών
  • εἴπαςSBLGNT
  • εἴπαςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἰπώνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 9:2 — And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
  • Acts 19:23 — And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
  • 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.
  • Acts 24:14 — But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: