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Acts 17:1

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (τὴν) before Apollonia here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ἡ) before synagogue here.

Διοδεύσαντεςdiodeusanteswhen they had passed throughδιοδεύω (diodeuō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “when they had passed through”, a single actionG1353I journey through, go about.when they had passed throughδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἈμφίπολινamphipolinAmphipolisἈμφίπολις (amphipolis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Amphipolis”, the object formG295Amphipolis, a leading city of Macedonia.Amphipolisκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἈπολλωνίανapollōnianApolloniaἈπολλωνία (apollōnia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Apollonia”, the object formG624Apollonia, a city of Macedonia.Apolloniaἦλθονēlthonthey cameἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they came”, a single actionG2064I come, go.they cameεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toΘεσσαλονίκηνthessalonikēnThessalonicaΘεσσαλονίκη (thessalonikē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Thessalonica”, the object formG2332Thessalonica (modern Saloniki), an important city of the Roman province Macedonia.Thessalonicaὅπουhopouwhereὅπουadverb — “where”G3699where, whither, in what place.This verse uses “where”.whereἦνēnwasεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “was”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.wasσυναγωγὴsunagōgēa synagogueσυναγωγήnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “a synagogue”, the subject formG4864an assembly, congregation, synagogue, either the place or the people gathered together in the place.This verse uses “synagogue”.a synagogueτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἰουδαίωνioudaiōnof the JewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the Jews”, the of-formG2453Jewish.of the Jews

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ἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

Young’s Literal Translation

And having passed through Amphipolis, and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews,

World English Bible

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

Darby Translation

And having journeyed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.

Douay-Rheims

And when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

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