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Acts 16:37

But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ButΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paulἔφηephēsaidφημί (phēmi)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG5346I say, declare.saidπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themΔείραντεςdeirantesThey have beatenδέρω (derō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “They have beaten”, a single actionG1194I flay, flog, scourge, beat.They have beatenἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usδημοσίᾳdēmosiaopenlyδημόσιος (dēmosios)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “openly”, the to- or for-formG1219public, publicly.openlyἀκατακρίτουςakatakritousuncondemnedἀκατάκριτος (akatakritos)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “uncondemned”, the object formG178uncondemned, not yet tried.uncondemnedἀνθρώπουςanthrōpousa humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “a human”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.ῬωμαίουςrhōmaiousRomansῬωμαῖος (rhōmaios)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “Romans”, the object formG4514Roman; subst: a Roman citizen.Romansὑπάρχονταςhuparchontasto beὑπάρχω (huparchō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5225I begin, am, exist, am in possession.ἔβαλανebalanand have castβάλλω (ballō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and have cast”, a single actionG906(a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop.This verse uses “cast”.and have castεἰςeisus intoεἰςpreposition — “us into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.us intoφυλακήνphulakēnprisonφυλακή (phulakē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “prison”, the object formG5438a watching, keeping guard; a guard, prison; imprisonment.This verse uses “prison”.prisonκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andνῦνnunnowνῦνadverb — “now”G3568adv. (a) of time: just now, even now; just at hand, immediately, (b) of logical connection: now then, (c) in commands and appeals: at this instant.This verse uses “now”.nowλάθρᾳlathraprivilyλάθρᾳadverb — “privily”G2977secretly, privately.privilyἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usἐκβάλλουσινekballousinto expelἐκβάλλω (ekballō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to expel”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1544I throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce.οὐounoοὐparticle — “no”G3756no, not.γάρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.ἐλθόντεςelthontesto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.αὐτοὶautoiheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἐξαγαγέτωσανexagagetōsanoutἐξάγω (exagō)verb, aorist active imperative, 3rd person plural — “out”, a single actionG1806I lead out, sometimes to death, execution.out

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Paul said to them, 'Having beaten us publicly uncondemned — men, Romans being — they did cast [us] to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison; and do they now cast us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.

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World English Bible

But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”

Darby Translation

But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly uncondemned, us who are Romans, they have cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out secretly? no, indeed, but let them come themselves and bring us out.

Douay-Rheims

But Paul said to them: They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men that are Romans, and have cast us into prison: and now do they thrust us out privately? Not so; but let them come,

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