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Acts 26:3

Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

KJV

μάλιστα γνώστην σε ὄντα πάντων τῶν κατὰ Ἰουδαίους ἐθῶν τε καὶ ζητημάτων· διὸ δέομαι μακροθύμως ἀκοῦσαί μου.

Greek NT

maxime te sciente omnia, et quæ apud Judæos sunt consuetudines et quæstiones : propter quod obsecro patienter me audias.

Vulgate

especially because thou art expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

ASV

Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions, that are among the Jews. Wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γνώστης
gnostes
noun · 1×
δέομαι
deomai
verb · 22×
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζήτημα
zetema
noun · 5×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μάλιστα
malista
adverb · 12×
μακροθυμώς
makrothumos
adverb · 1×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔθος
ethos
noun · 12×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: ἐθῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐθῶν | RP: ἠθῶν
  • ἐθῶνSBLGNT
  • ἐθῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἠθῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: δέομαι | WH/Treg/NIV: δέομαι | RP: + σου
  • δέομαιSBLGNT
  • δέομαιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + σουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 6:14 — For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
  • Acts 6:14 — For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
  • Acts 18:15 — But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
  • Acts 26:26 — For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.