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Acts 28:22

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

KJV

ἀξιοῦμεν δὲ παρὰ σοῦ ἀκοῦσαι ἃ φρονεῖς, περὶ μὲν γὰρ τῆς αἱρέσεως ταύτης γνωστὸν ἡμῖν ἐστιν ὅτι πανταχοῦ ἀντιλέγεται.

Greek NT

Rogamus autem a te audire quæ sentis : nam de secta hac notum est nobis quia ubique ei contradicitur.

Vulgate

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.

ASV

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that it is every where contradicted.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἵρεσις
airesis
noun · 9×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γνωστός
gnostos
adjective · 15×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πανταχοῦ
pantachou
adverb · 8×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
φρονέω
phroneo
verb · 27×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀντιλέγω
antilego
verb · 12×
ἀξιόω
axioo
verb · 7×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: ἡμῖν ἐστιν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμῖν ἐστιν | RP: ἐστιν ἡμῖν
  • ἡμῖν ἐστινSBLGNT
  • ἡμῖν ἐστινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐστιν ἡμῖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:12 — Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
  • 1Pet 3:16 — Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
  • 1Pet 4:14 — If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
  • 2Cor 6:8 — By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
  • Acts 10:37 — That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
  • Acts 16:20 — And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
  • Acts 16:20 — And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
  • Acts 17:6 — And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
  • Acts 17:6 — And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
  • Acts 24:5 — For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
  • Acts 24:5 — For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
  • Acts 24:14 — But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
  • Matt 24:9 — Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.