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Acts 24:26

He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

KJV

ἅμα καὶ ἐλπίζων ὅτι χρήματα δοθήσεται αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου· διὸ καὶ πυκνότερον αὐτὸν μεταπεμπόμενος ὡμίλει αὐτῷ.

Greek NT

simul et sperans quod pecunia ei daretur a Paulo, propter quod et frequenter accersens eum, loquebatur cum eo.

Vulgate

He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

ASV

Hoping also withal that money should be given him by Paul: for which cause also oftentimes sending for him, he spoke with him.

Douay-Rheims

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People Paul

In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μεταπέμπω
metapempo
verb · 9×
πυκνός
puknos
adjective · 4×
χρῆμα
chrema
noun · 6×
ἅμα
ama
adverb · 10×
ἐλπίζω
elpizo
verb · 31×
o
article · 19778×
ὁμιλέω
omileo
verb · 4×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: Παύλου | WH/Treg/NIV: Παύλου | RP: + ὅπως λύσῃ αὐτόν
  • ΠαύλουSBLGNT
  • ΠαύλουWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὅπως λύσῃ αὐτόνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
  • Acts 24:2 — And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
  • Prov 17:23 — A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.