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Acts 20:3

In Acts 20 of Acts.

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “a purpose” (γνώμης) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “a purpose” (γνώμη) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ποιήσαςpoiēsasthere abodeποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “there abode”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.there abodeτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.μῆναςmēnasmonthsμήν (mēn)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “months”, the object formG3376a (lunar) month.monthsτρεῖςtreisthreeτρεῖςadjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “three”, the object formG5140three.γενομένηςgenomenēslaidγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “laid”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.laidἐπιβουλῆςepiboulēswaitἐπιβουλή (epiboulē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “wait”, the of-formG1917a plot, design against.waitαὐτῷautōfor himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “for him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.for himὑπὸhupobyὑπόpreposition — “by”G5259by, under, about.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαίωνioudaiōnJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the of-formG2453Jewish.μέλλοντιmellontias he was aboutμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, dative, singular, masculine — “as he was about”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.as he was aboutἀνάγεσθαιanagesthaito sailἀνάγω (anagō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to sail”, an ongoing or repeated actionG321I lead up, bring up, offer, produce, put to sea, set sail.to sailεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΣυρίανsurianSyriaΣυρία (suria)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Syria”, the object formG4947Syria, a great Roman imperial province, united with Cilicia.Syriaἐγένετοegenetohe purposedγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he purposed”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.he purposedγνώμηςgnōmēsresolutionγνώμη (gnōmē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “resolution”, the of-formG1106opinion, counsel, judgment, intention, decree.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὑποστρέφεινhupostrepheinto returnὑποστρέφω (hupostrephō)verb, present active infinitive — “to return”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5290I turn back, return.This verse uses “return”.to returnδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.throughΜακεδονίαςmakedoniasMacedoniaΜακεδονία (makedonia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Macedonia”, the of-formG3109(Hebrew), Macedonia, a Roman province north of Achaia (Greece).Macedonia

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γνώμηgnōmēa purposeγνώμηnoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “a purpose”, the of-formG1106opinion, counsel, judgment, intention, decree.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

having made also three months' [stay] — a counsel of the Jews having been against him — being about to set forth to Syria, there came [to him] a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he had spent three months there , and a plot was laid against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Young’s Literal Translation

having made also three months' [stay] — a counsel of the Jews having been against him — being about to set forth to Syria, there came [to him] a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

World English Bible

When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Darby Translation

And having spent three months [there], a treacherous plot against him having been set on foot by the Jews, as he was going to sail to Syria, [the] resolution was adopted of returning through Macedonia.

Douay-Rheims

Where, when he had spent three months, the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria; so he took a resolution to return through Macedonia.

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