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Acts 24:23

And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.

KJV

διαταξάμενος τῷ ἑκατοντάρχῃ τηρεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἔχειν τε ἄνεσιν καὶ μηδένα κωλύειν τῶν ἰδίων αὐτοῦ ὑπηρετεῖν αὐτῷ.

Greek NT

Jussitque centurioni custodire eum, et habere requiem, nec quemquam de suis prohibere ministrare ei.

Vulgate

And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister unto him.

ASV

And he commanded a centurion to keep him: and that he should be easy and that he should not prohibit any of his friends to minister unto him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διατάσσω
diatasso
verb · 15×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κωλύω
koluo
verb · 23×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
ἄνεσις
anesis
noun · 5×
ἑκατοντάρχης
ekatontarches
noun · 20×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπηρετέω
upereteo
verb · 3×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: διαταξάμενος | WH/Treg/NIV: διαταξάμενος | RP: + τε
  • διαταξάμενοςSBLGNT
  • διαταξάμενοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτὸν | RP: τὸν Παῦλον
  • αὐτὸνSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὸν ΠαῦλονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ὑπηρετεῖν | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑπηρετεῖν | RP: + ἢ προσέρχεσθαι
  • ὑπηρετεῖνSBLGNT
  • ὑπηρετεῖνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἢ προσέρχεσθαιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 27:3 — And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
  • Acts 27:3 — And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
  • Acts 28:16 — And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
  • Acts 28:16 — And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
  • Heb 13:3 — Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
  • Jer 39:11 — Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,