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Acts 11:3

Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

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λέγοντεςlegontesSayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “Saying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.Sayingὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ΕἰσῆλθεςeisēlthesThou wentest inεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “Thou wentest in”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.Thou wentest inπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toἄνδραςandrasmenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “men”, the object formG435a male human being; a man, husband.menἀκροβυστίανakrobustianuncircumcisedἀκροβυστία (akrobustia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “uncircumcised”, the object formG203(a technical word of Jewish use) foreskin, prepuce: used sometimes as a slang term by Jews, of Gentiles.uncircumcisedἔχονταςechontasto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσυνέφαγεςsunephagesdidst eatσυνεσθίω (sunesthiō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “didst eat”, a single actionG4906I eat with.didst eatαὐτοῖςautoiswith themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “with them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.with them

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

saying — 'Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'

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American Standard Version (1901)

saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

Young’s Literal Translation

saying — 'Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'

World English Bible

saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them!”

Darby Translation

saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.

Douay-Rheims

Saying: Why didst thou go in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them?

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