King James Version

Acts 20:17

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

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Ἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΜιλήτουmilētouMiletusΜίλητος (milētos)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Miletus”, the of-formG3399Miletus, a city on the coast of the Roman province Asia.Miletusπέμψαςpempsashe sentπέμπω (pempō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he sent”, a single actionG3992I send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.he sentεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἜφεσονephesonEphesusἜφεσος (ephesos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Ephesus”, the object formG2181Ephesus, a coast city, capital of the Roman province Asia.Ephesusμετεκαλέσατοmetekalesatoand calledμετακαλέομαι (metakaleomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “and called”, a single actionG3333mid: I summon to myself, send for.and calledτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πρεσβυτέρουςpresbuterouseldersπρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “elders”, the object formG4245elder, usually used as subst.; an elder, a member of the Sanhedrin, an elder of a Christian assembly.the eldersτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίαςekklēsiasof the churchἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the church”, the of-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.of the church

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.

Young’s Literal Translation

And from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he called for the elders of the assembly,

World English Bible

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

Darby Translation

But from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he called over [to him] the elders of the assembly.

Douay-Rheims

And sending from Miletus to Ephesus, he called the ancients of the church.

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