King James Version

Acts 21:23

Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;

Study

Greek

Tap a word to see its meaning.

The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “from” (ἀφ᾽) before themselves here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “on” (ἐφ᾽) before themselves here.

τοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisοὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.ποίησονpoiēsonto doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ὅhothatὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “that”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatσοιsoito theeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “to thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.to theeλέγομενlegomento speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated 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 “speak”.εἰσὶνeisinhaveεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.haveἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἄνδρεςandresmenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “men”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.menτέσσαρεςtessaresfourτέσσαρεςadjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “four”, the subject formG5064four.εὐχὴνeuchēnwhich haveεὐχή (euchē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “which have”, the object formG2171a prayer comprising a vow; a prayer, vow.which haveἔχοντεςechontesa vowἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “a vow”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.a vowἀφ’aphfromἀπό (apo)preposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.ἑαυτῶνheautōnthemἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.them

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐφ᾽ephonἐπί (epi)preposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'This, therefore, do that we say to thee: We have four men having a vow on themselves,

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men that have a vow on them;

Young’s Literal Translation

'This, therefore, do that we say to thee: We have four men having a vow on themselves,

World English Bible

Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow.

Darby Translation

This do therefore that we say to thee: We have four men who have a vow on them;

Douay-Rheims

Do therefore this that we say to thee. We have four men, who have a vow on them.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Analytics Cookies