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Acts 25:21

But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.

KJV

τοῦ δὲ Παύλου ἐπικαλεσαμένου τηρηθῆναι αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ διάγνωσιν, ἐκέλευσα τηρεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἕως οὗ ἀναπέμψω αὐτὸν πρὸς Καίσαρα.

Greek NT

Paulo autem appellante ut servaretur ad Augusti cognitionem, jussi servari eum, donec mittam eum ad Cæsarem.

Vulgate

But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be kept till I should send him to Cæsar.

ASV

But Paul, appealing to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept, till I might send him to Caesar.

Douay-Rheims

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People Paul

In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Καῖσαρ
kaisar
noun · 29×
Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διάγνωσις
diagnosis
noun · 1×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κελεύω
keleuo
verb · 26×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σεβαστός
sebastos
adjective · 3×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
ἀναπέμπω
anapempo
verb · 5×
ἐπικαλέομαι
epikaleomai
verb · 30×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: ἀναπέμψω | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀναπέμψω | RP: πέμψω
  • ἀναπέμψωSBLGNT
  • ἀναπέμψωWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πέμψωRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 4:16 — At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
  • Acts 25:11 — For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto
  • Acts 28:19 — But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.