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Acts 16:19

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

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Ἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).sawδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοιkurioilordκύριος (kurios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.αὐτῆςautēsof theirαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of their”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.of theirὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.ἐξῆλθενexēlthenwas goneἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was gone”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.was goneἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐλπὶςelpishopeἐλπίςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “hope”, the subject formG1680hope, expectation, trust, confidence.This verse uses “hope”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐργασίαςergasiasworkἐργασία (ergasia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “work”, the of-formG2039working, activity, work, service, trade, business, gains of business, performance, practice.αὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐπιλαβόμενοιepilabomenoithey caughtἐπιλαμβάνομαι (epilambanomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they caught”, a single actionG1949I lay hold of, take hold of, seize (sometimes with beneficent, sometimes with hostile, intent).they caughtτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλονpaulonPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the object formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paulκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΣιλᾶνsilanSilasΣίλας (silas)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Silas”, the object formG4609Silas, a pet-form of the name "Silvanus"; a Roman citizen and a helper of Paul.Silasεἵλκυσανheilkusanand drewἕλκω (helkō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and drew”, a single actionG1670I drag, draw, pull, persuade, unsheathe.and drewεἰςeisthem intoεἰςpreposition — “them into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.them intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγορὰνagoranmarketplaceἀγορά (agora)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “marketplace”, the object formG58market-place, forum, public place of assembly.the marketplaceἐπὶepiuntoἐπίpreposition — “unto”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.untoτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄρχονταςarchontasrulersἄρχων (archōn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “rulers”, the object formG758a ruler, governor, leader, leading man; with the Jews, an official member (a member of the executive) of the assembly of elders.the rulers

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew [them] to the market-place, unto the rulers,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,

Young’s Literal Translation

And her masters having seen that the hope of their employment was gone, having caught Paul and Silas, drew [them] to the market-place, unto the rulers,

World English Bible

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

Darby Translation

And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged [them] into the market before the magistrates;

Douay-Rheims

But her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, apprehending Paul and Silas, brought them into the marketplace to the rulers.

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