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Acts 21:37

And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?

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Μέλλωνmellōnwas to beμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “was to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.was to beτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.εἰσάγεσθαιeisagesthaito ledεἰσάγω (eisagō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to led”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1521I lead in, bring in, introduce.ledεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēnWhoὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “Who”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.Whoπαρεμβολὴνparembolēnbarracksπαρεμβολή (parembolē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “barracks”, the object formG3925a camp, fort, castle, barracks, army in battle array.This verse uses “barracks”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.λέγειlegeito speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “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”.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.χιλιάρχῳchiliarchōmilitary officerχιλίαρχος (chiliarchos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “military officer”, the to- or for-formG5506a commander of a thousand men, a military tribune.Εἰeiifεἰparticle — “if”G1487if.ἔξεστίνexestinit is permittedἔξεστι(ν)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “it is permitted”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1832it is permitted, lawful, possible.This verse uses “it is permitted”.μοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).εἰπεῖνeipeinto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to say”, a single 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 “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).τιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.σέseyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “you”, the object formG4771you.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἔφηephēsaidφημί (phēmi)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG5346I say, declare.saidἙλληνιστὶhellēnistiGreekἙλληνιστίadverb — “Greek”G1676in the Greek language.Greekγινώσκειςginōskeisto knowγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to know”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, 'Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?' and he said, 'Greek dost thou know?

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American Standard Version (1901)

And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

Young’s Literal Translation

And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, 'Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?' and he said, 'Greek dost thou know?

World English Bible

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, “May I speak to you?” He said, “Do you know Greek?

Darby Translation

But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?

Douay-Rheims

And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith to the tribune: May speak something to thee? Who said: Canst thou speak Greek?

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