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Acts 21:35

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.

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ὅτεhotewhenὅτεconjunction — “when”G3753when, at which time.whenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐγένετοegenetohe cameγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “he came”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.he cameἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀναβαθμούςanabathmousstairsἀναβαθμός (anabathmos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “stairs”, the object formG304a step, a flight of steps; the well-known "stairs" leading up from the temple to the tower of Antonia at Jerusalem.the stairsσυνέβηsunebēso it wasσυμβαίνω (sumbainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “so it was”, a single actionG4819I happen, occur, meet.so it wasβαστάζεσθαιbastazesthaito that he was borneβαστάζω (bastazō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to that he was borne”, an ongoing or repeated actionG941(a) I carry, bear, (b) I carry (take) away.that he was borneαὐτὸνautonheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ὑπὸhupoofὑπόpreposition — “of”G5259by, under, about.ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.στρατιωτῶνstratiōtōnsoldiersστρατιώτης (stratiōtēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “soldiers”, the of-formG4757a soldier.the soldiersδιὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.βίανbianviolenceβία (bia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “violence”, the object formG970force, violence, strength.This verse uses “violence”.the violenceτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ὄχλουochlouof the peopleὄχλος (ochlos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the people”, the of-formG3793a crowd, mob, the common people.of the people

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when he came upon the stairs, so it was that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the crowd;

Young’s Literal Translation

and when he came upon the steps, it happened he was borne by the soldiers, because of the violence of the multitude,

World English Bible

When he came to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;

Darby Translation

But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd.

Douay-Rheims

And when he was come to the stairs, it fell out that he was carried by the soldiers, because of the violence of the people.

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