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Acts 27:33

And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

KJV

Ἄχρι δὲ οὗ ἡμέρα ἔμελλεν γίνεσθαι, παρεκάλει ὁ Παῦλος ἅπαντας μεταλαβεῖν τροφῆς λέγων· τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην σήμερον ἡμέραν προσδοκῶντες ἄσιτοι διατελεῖτε, μηθὲν προσλαβόμενοι.

Greek NT

Et cum lux inciperet fieri, rogabat Paulus omnes sumere cibum, dicens : Quartadecima die hodie exspectantes jejuni permanetis, nihil accipientes.

Vulgate

And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take some food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

ASV

And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, taking nothing.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διατελέω
diateleo
verb · 1×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
μεταλαμβάνω
metalambano
verb · 7×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
προσδοκάω
prosdokao
verb · 16×
προσλαμβάνω
proslambano
verb · 12×
σήμερον
semeron
adverb · 41×
τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος
tessareskaidekatos
adjective · 2×
τροφή
trophe
noun · 16×
ἄσιτος
asitos
adjective · 1×
ἄχρι
achri
adverb · 49×
ἅπας
apas
adjective · 42×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
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: ἡμέρα ἤμελλεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμέρα ἤμελλεν | RP: ἤμελλεν ἡμέρα
  • ἡμέρα ἤμελλενSBLGNT
  • ἡμέρα ἤμελλενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἤμελλεν ἡμέραRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Matt 15:32 — Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, le