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Acts 9:27

But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

KJV

Βαρναβᾶς δὲ ἐπιλαβόμενος αὐτὸν ἤγαγεν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους, καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς πῶς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶδεν τὸν κύριον καὶ ὅτι ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ, καὶ πῶς ἐν Δαμασκῷ ἐπαρρησιάσατο ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ.

Greek NT

Barnabas autem apprehensum illum duxit ad Apostolos : et narravit illis quomodo in via vidisset Dominum, et quia locutus est ei, et quomodo in Damasco fiducialiter egerit in nomine Jesu.

Vulgate

But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.

ASV

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and told them how he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him: and how in Damascus he had dealt confidently in the name of Jesus.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαρνάβας
barnabas
noun · 28×
Δαμασκός
damaskos
noun · 15×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διηγέομαι
diegeomai
verb · 8×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
παῤῥησιάζομαι
parresiazomai
verb · 9×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πῶς
pos
adverb · 104×
ἀπόστολος
apostolos
noun · 79×
ἄγω
ago
verb · 70×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
epilambanomai
verb · 19×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

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

trivial
SBLGNT: τοῦ | NIV/RP: τοῦ
  • τοῦSBLGNT
  • τοῦReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 4:13 — Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
  • Acts 4:29 — And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
  • Acts 4:29 — And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
  • Acts 4:36 — And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
  • Acts 9:20 — And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
  • Acts 11:22 — Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
  • Acts 11:25 — Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
  • Eph 6:19 — And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
  • Eph 6:19 — And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,