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Acts 18:14

And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “would I have endured with” (ἂν ἀνεσχόμην) before you here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “therefore” (οὖν) before it was here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “I have endured with” (ἠνεσχόμην) before you here.

μέλλοντοςmellontoswas now aboutμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “was now about”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.was now aboutδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαύλουpaulouPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the of-formG3972Paul, Paulus.ἀνοίγεινanoigeinto openἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, present active infinitive — “to open”, an ongoing or repeated actionG455I open.to openτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.στόμαstomahis mouthστόμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “his mouth”, the object formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.his mouthεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΓαλλίωνgalliōnGallioΓαλλίωνnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Gallio”, the subject formG1058Gallio, Lucius Iunius Gallio, who received this name by adoption into another family, but was born brother of the philosopher Seneca and originally named L. Annaeus Nouatus; proconsul of the Roman province Achaia from spring A.D. 52 to spring 53.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαίουςioudaiousJewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “Jews”, the object formG2453Jewish.the JewsΕἰeiIfεἰconjunction — “If”G1487if.Ifμὲνmenon one handμένconjunction — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.ἦνēnit wereεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it were”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.it wereἀδίκημάadikēmamatter of wrongἀδίκημαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “matter of wrong”, the subject formG92a legal wrong, crime (with which one is charged), misdeed, crime against God, a sin.matter of wrongτιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orῥᾳδιούργημαrhadiourgēmalewdnessῥᾳδιούργημαnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “lewdness”, the subject formG4467a careless action, an act of villainy.lewdnessπονηρόνponēronevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “evil”, the subject formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.ὦōOὦinterjection — “O”G5599O, an exclamation, used in addressing someone.OἸουδαῖοιioudaioiye JewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, vocative, plural, masculine — “ye Jews”, the calling formG2453Jewish.ye Jewsκατὰkatareasonκατάpreposition — “reason”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.reasonλόγονlogonwordλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “word”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.ἂνanwouldἄνparticle — “would”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.wouldἀνεσχόμηνaneschomēnthat I should bearἀνέχομαι (anechomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 1st person singular — “that I should bear”, a single actionG430I endure, bear with, have patience with, suffer, admit, persist.that I should bearὑμῶνhumōnwith youσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “with you”, the of-formG4771you.with you

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οὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.ἠνεσχόμηνēneschomēnthat I should bearἀνέχομαι (anechomai)verb, second aorist middle indicative, 1st person singular — “that I should bear”, a single actionG430I endure, bear with, have patience with, suffer, admit, persist.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Paul being about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, 'If, indeed, then, it was anything unrighteous, or an act of wicked profligacy, O Jews, according to reason I had borne with you,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

Young’s Literal Translation

and Paul being about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, 'If, indeed, then, it was anything unrighteous, or an act of wicked profligacy, O Jews, according to reason I had borne with you,

World English Bible

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;

Darby Translation

But as Paul was going to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If indeed it was some wrong or wicked criminality, O Jews, of reason I should have borne with you;

Douay-Rheims

And when Paul was beginning to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: If it were some matter of injustice, or an heinous deed, O Jews, I should with reason bear with you.

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