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Acts 15:25

In Acts 15 of Acts.

It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “having chosen” (ἐκλεξαμένοις) before men here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “having chosen” (ἐκλεξαμένους) before men here.

ἔδοξενedoxenIt seemed goodδοκέω (dokeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “It seemed good”, a single actionG1380I think, seem, appear, it seems.It seemed goodἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).unto usγενομένοιςgenomenoisbeing assembledγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, dative, plural, masculine — “being assembled”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.being assembledὁμοθυμαδὸνhomothumadonwith one accordὁμοθυμαδόνadverb — “with one accord”G3661with one mind, unanimously, with one accord, at the same time.with one accordἐκλεξαμένοιςeklexamenoischosenἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai)verb, aorist middle participle, dative, plural, masculine — “chosen”, a single actionG1586I pick out for myself, choose, elect, select.chosenἄνδραςandrasmenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “men”, the object formG435a male human being; a man, husband.menπέμψαιpempsaito sendπέμπω (pempō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to send”, a single actionG3992I send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youσὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγαπητοῖςagapētoisbelovedἀγαπητός (agapētos)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “beloved”, the to- or for-formG27loved, beloved, with two special applications: the Beloved, a title of the Messiah (Christ), as beloved beyond all others by the God who sent Him; of Christians, as beloved by God, Christ, and one another.This verse uses “beloved”.belovedἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ΒαρναβᾷbarnabaBarnabasΒαρναβᾶς (barnabas)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Barnabas”, the to- or for-formG921Barnabas, a Cypriote Jew, uncle of John Mark; his other name was Joseph.Barnabasκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΠαύλῳpaulōPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the to- or for-formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paul

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐκλεξαμένουςeklexamenouschosenἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai)verb, aorist middle participle, dative, plural, masculine — “chosen”, a single actionG1586I pick out for myself, choose, elect, select.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, chosen men to send unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul —

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American Standard Version (1901)

it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Young’s Literal Translation

it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, chosen men to send unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul —

World English Bible

it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Darby Translation

it seemed good to us, having arrived at a common judgment, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

Douay-Rheims

It hath seemed good to us, being assembled together, to choose out men, and to send them unto you, with our well beloved Barnabas and Paul:

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