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Acts 20:19

In Acts 20 of Acts.

Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “many” (πολλῶν) before tears here.

δουλεύωνdouleuōnServingδουλεύω (douleuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “Serving”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1398I am a slave, am subject to, obey, am devoted.Servingτῷtōwhichὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “which”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.whichκυρίῳkuriōlordκύριος (kurios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the to- or for-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.μετὰmetawithμετάpreposition — “with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.πάσηςpasēsallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.ταπεινοφροσύνηςtapeinophrosunēshumilityταπεινοφροσύνη (tapeinophrosunē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “humility”, the of-formG5012humility, lowliness of mind, modesty.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.δακρύωνdakruōnteardropδάκρυον (dakruon)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “teardrop”, the of-formG1144a tear.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.πειρασμῶνpeirasmōntemptationπειρασμός (peirasmos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “temptation”, the of-formG3986(a) trial, probation, testing, being tried, (b) temptation, (c) calamity, affliction.This verse uses “temptation”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.συμβάντωνsumbantōnbefellσυμβαίνω (sumbainō)verb, aorist active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “befell”, a single actionG4819I happen, occur, meet.befellμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἐνenbyἐνpreposition — “by”G1722in, on, among.byταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐπιβουλαῖςepiboulaislying in waitἐπιβουλή (epiboulē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “lying in wait”, the to- or for-formG1917a plot, design against.the lying in waitτῶνtōntheὁ (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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πολλῶνpollōnwith manyπολύς (polus)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “with many”, the of-formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “many”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against [me];

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American Standard Version (1901)

serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

Young’s Literal Translation

serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against [me];

World English Bible

serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

Darby Translation

serving the Lord with all lowliness, and tears, and temptations, which happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

Douay-Rheims

Serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and temptations which befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews;

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