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Acts 21:12

And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

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ὡςhōswhenὡςconjunction — “when”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.whenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἠκούσαμενēkousamenwe heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “we heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.we heardταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsπαρεκαλοῦμενparekaloumenbesoughtπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 1st person plural — “besought”, an ongoing action in the pastG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.besoughtἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐντόπιοιentopioiresidentἐντόπιος (entopios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “resident”, the subject formG1786belonging to the place, native, resident; subst: a citizen.This verse uses “resident”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notἀναβαίνεινanabaineinto go upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, present active infinitive — “to go up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.This verse uses “go up”.to go upαὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἸερουσαλήμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the object formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.Jerusalem

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And when we heard these things, we called upon [him] — both we, and those of that place — not to go up to Jerusalem,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Young’s Literal Translation

And when we heard these things, we called upon [him] — both we, and those of that place — not to go up to Jerusalem,

World English Bible

When we heard these things, both we and the people of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

Darby Translation

And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place besought [him] not to go up to Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims

Which when we had heard, both we and they that were of that place, desired him that he would not go up to Jerusalem.

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