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Acts 8:31

And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

KJV

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, πῶς γὰρ ἂν δυναίμην ἐὰν μή τις ὁδηγήσει με; παρεκάλεσέν τε τὸν Φίλιππον ἀναβάντα καθίσαι σὺν αὐτῷ.

Greek NT

Qui ait : Et quomodo possum, si non aliquis ostenderit mihi ? Rogavitque Philippum ut ascenderet, et sederet secum.

Vulgate

And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

ASV

Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

Douay-Rheims

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People PhilipPhilip

In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Φίλιππος
philippos
noun · 36×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καθίζω
kathizo
verb · 47×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
πῶς
pos
adverb · 104×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀναβαίνω
anabaino
verb · 81×
ἄν
an
particle · 165×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδηγέω
odegeo
verb · 5×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: ὁδηγήσει | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁδηγήσει | RP: ὁδηγήσῃ
  • ὁδηγήσειSBLGNT
  • ὁδηγήσειWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὁδηγήσῃRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 8:2 — And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
  • 1Cor 14:36 — What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
  • 2Kgs 5:26 — And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and
  • Isa 29:18 — And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
  • Matt 18:3 — And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
  • Prov 30:2 — Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
  • Ps 25:8 — Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
  • Ps 73:16 — When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
  • Rom 10:14 — How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
  • Rom 10:14 — How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?