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Acts 16:40

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “out of” (ἀπὸ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to” (πρὸς) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from” (ἐκ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “into” (εἰς) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “them” (αὐτούς) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἐξελθόντεςexelthontesthey wentἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they went”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.they wentδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἀπὸapoout ofἀπόpreposition — “out of”G575from, away from.out ofτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.φυλακῆςphulakēsprisonφυλακή (phulakē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “prison”, the of-formG5438a watching, keeping guard; a guard, prison; imprisonment.This verse uses “prison”.the prisonεἰσῆλθονeisēlthonand enteredεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and entered”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.and enteredπρὸςprosintoπρόςpreposition — “into”G4314to, towards, with.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.Λυδίανludianhouse of LydiaΛυδία (ludia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “house of Lydia”, the object formG3070Lydia, a lady resident of Philippi, native of Thyatira in Lydia (Asia Minor), and engaged in the clothing trade.the house of Lydiaκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (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).when they had seenπαρεκάλεσανparekalesanthey comfortedπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they comforted”, a single actionG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.they comfortedτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφοὺςadelphousbrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “brother”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐξῆλθανexēlthandepartedἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “departed”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.departed

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.αὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and they, having gone forth out of the prison, entered into [the house of] Lydia, and having seen the brethren, they comforted them, and went forth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Young’s Literal Translation

and they, having gone forth out of the prison, entered into [the house of] Lydia, and having seen the brethren, they comforted them, and went forth.

World English Bible

They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.

Darby Translation

And having gone out of the prison, they came to Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they exhorted them and went away.

Douay-Rheims

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

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