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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.

KJV

ἀντιλεγόντων δὲ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἠναγκάσθην ἐπικαλέσασθαι Καίσαρα, οὐχ ὡς τοῦ ἔθνους μου ἔχων τι κατηγορεῖν.

Greek NT

Contradicentibus autem Judæis, coactus sum appellare Cæsarem, non quasi gentem meam habens aliquid accusare.

Vulgate

But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I had aught whereof to accuse my nation.

ASV

But the Jews contradicting it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar: not that I had anything to accuse my nation of.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Καῖσαρ
kaisar
noun · 29×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κατηγορέω
kategoreo
verb · 23×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀναγκάζω
anagkazo
verb · 9×
ἀντιλέγω
antilego
verb · 12×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπικαλέομαι
epikaleomai
verb · 30×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: κατηγορεῖν | WH/Treg/NIV: κατηγορεῖν | RP: κατηγορῆσαι
  • κατηγορεῖνSBLGNT
  • κατηγορεῖνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • κατηγορῆσαιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 25:10 — Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
  • 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 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.
  • Acts 25:25 — But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
  • Acts 26:32 — Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.