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Acts 13:46

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “also” (τε) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (δὲ) before you thrust here.

παρρησιασάμενοίparrēsiasamenoiwaxed boldπαρρησιάζομαι (parrēsiazomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “waxed bold”, a single actionG3955I speak freely, boldly; I am confident.waxed boldτεtebutτέconjunction — “but”G5037and, both.butὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΒαρναβᾶςbarnabasBarnabasΒαρναβᾶςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Barnabas”, the subject formG921Barnabas, a Cypriote Jew, uncle of John Mark; his other name was Joseph.εἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single 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.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).Ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.ἀναγκαῖονanankaionnecessaryἀναγκαῖος (anankaios)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “necessary”, the subject formG316necessary, essential, intimate, right, proper.This verse uses “necessary”.πρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.λαληθῆναιlalēthēnaito speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist passive infinitive — “to speak”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγονlogonwordλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “word”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ἐπειδὴepeidēsinceἐπειδήconjunction — “since”G1894of time: when, now, after that; of cause: seeing that, forasmuch as.This verse uses “since”.ἀπωθεῖσθεapōtheistheto rejectἀπωθέομαι (apōtheomai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “to reject”, an ongoing or repeated actionG683I push (thrust) away, repulse, reject, refuse.This verse uses “reject”.αὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οὐκoukunworthyοὐ (ou)adverb — “unworthy”G3756no, not.unworthyἀξίουςaxiousworthyἄξιος (axios)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “worthy”, the object formG514worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable.This verse uses “worthy”.κρίνετεkrineteto judgeκρίνω (krinō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to judge”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2919(a) I judge, whether in a law-court or privately: sometimes with cognate nouns emphasizing the notion of the verb, (b) I decide, I think (it) good.This verse uses “judge”.ἑαυτοὺςheautousmyἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “my”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.αἰωνίουaiōniouof everlastingαἰώνιος (aiōnios)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “of everlasting”, the of-formG166age-long, and therefore: practically eternal, unending; partaking of the character of that which lasts for an age, as contrasted with that which is brief and fleeting.of everlastingζωῆςzōēslifeζωή (zōē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “life”, the of-formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.lifeἰδοὺidouloἰδούparticle — “lo”G2400See! Lo! Behold! Look!.loστρεφόμεθαstrephomethawe turnστρέφω (strephō)verb, present passive indicative, 1st person plural — “we turn”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4762I turn, am converted, change, change my direction.This verse uses “turn”.we turnεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνηethnēGentilesἔθνος (ethnos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “Gentiles”, the object formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.the Gentiles

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

δὲdeThenδέconjunction — “Then”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, 'To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from yourselves, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

Darby Translation

And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

Douay-Rheims

Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles.

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