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Acts 16:20

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

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καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andπροσαγαγόντεςprosagagontesbroughtπροσάγω (prosagō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “brought”, a single actionG4317I bring to, bring near; I come to or towards, approach.broughtαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.στρατηγοῖςstratēgoisto the magistratesστρατηγός (stratēgos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “to the magistrates”, the to- or for-formG4755(a) a general or leader of the army, (b) a magistrate or governor, (c) captain of the temple.to the magistratesεἶπανeipanto 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).sayingΟὗτοιhoutoiTheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “These”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.Theseοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoimenἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “men”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.menἐκταράσσουσινektarassousindo exceedingly troubleἐκταράσσω (ektarassō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “do exceedingly trouble”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1613I disturb (trouble) greatly (exceedingly).do exceedingly troubleἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ourτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πόλινpolincityπόλις (polis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “city”, the object formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.cityἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the subject formG2453Jewish.ὑπάρχοντεςhuparchontesto beὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

Young’s Literal Translation

and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

World English Bible

When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

Darby Translation

and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,

Douay-Rheims

And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews;

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