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Acts 17:2

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “he reasoned” (διελέξατο) before them here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “he was reasoning” (διελέγετο) before them here.

κατὰkataasκατάpreposition — “as”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.asδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.εἰωθὸςeiōthoshis manner wasεἴωθα (eiōtha)verb, perfect active participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “his manner was”, a completed action with a present resultG1486I am accustomed, custom, what was customary.his manner wasτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαύλῳpaulōPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the to- or for-formG3972Paul, Paulus.εἰσῆλθενeisēlthenwent inεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “went in”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.went inπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (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”.andἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.σάββαταsabbatasabbathσάββατον (sabbaton)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “sabbath”, the object formG4521the Sabbath, a week.sabbathτρίαtriathreeτρεῖς (treis)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “three”, the object formG5140three.διελέξατοdielexatodays reasonedδιαλέγομαι (dialegomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “days reasoned”, a single actionG1256I converse, address, preach, lecture; I argue, reason.days reasonedαὐτοῖςautoiswith themαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “with them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.with themἀπὸapoout ofἀπόpreposition — “out of”G575from, away from.out ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γραφῶνgraphōnscripturesγραφή (graphē)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “scriptures”, the of-formG1124(a) a writing, (b) a passage of scripture; plur: the scriptures.the scriptures

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διελέγετοdielegetodays reasonedδιαλέγομαι (dialegomai)verb, aorist deponent indicative, 3rd person singular — “days reasoned”, a single actionG1256I converse, address, preach, lecture; I argue, reason.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

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American Standard Version (1901)

and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,

Young’s Literal Translation

and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,

World English Bible

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Darby Translation

And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,

Douay-Rheims

And Paul, according to his custom, went in unto them; and for three sabbath days he reasoned with them out of the scriptures:

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