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Acts 16:39

And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to go out of” (ἀπελθεῖν ἀπὸ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to go forth” (ἐξελθεῖν) before the here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐλθόντεςelthontesthey cameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.they cameπαρεκάλεσανparekalesanand besoughtπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and besought”, a single actionG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.and besoughtαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐξαγαγόντεςexagagontesbrought them outἐξάγω (exagō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “brought them out”, a single actionG1806I lead out, sometimes to death, execution.brought them outἠρώτωνērōtōnand desiredἐρωτάω (erōtaō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and desired”, an ongoing action in the pastG2065(a) I ask (a question), question, (b) I request, make a request to, pray.and desiredἀπελθεῖνapeltheinto them to depart outἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to them to depart out”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.This verse uses “depart”.them to depart outἀπὸapoaway fromἀπόpreposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλεωςpoleōsof the cityπόλις (polis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the city”, the of-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.of the city

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ἐξελθεῖνexeltheinto them to depart outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, second aorist active infinitive — “to them to depart out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and having come, they besought them, and having brought [them] forth, they were asking [them] to go forth from the city;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

Young’s Literal Translation

and having come, they besought them, and having brought [them] forth, they were asking [them] to go forth from the city;

World English Bible

and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.

Darby Translation

And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.

Douay-Rheims

And coming, they besought them; and bringing them out, they desired them to depart out of the city.

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