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Acts 21:39

But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

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εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “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).saidδὲdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.ἘγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.ἄνθρωποςanthrōposa humanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.μένmenon one handμένconjunction — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.εἰμιeimito beεἰμίverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἸουδαῖοςioudaiosJewishἸουδαῖοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jewish”, the subject formG2453Jewish.Ταρσεὺςtarseusof TarsusΤαρσεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “of Tarsus”, the subject formG5018belonging to Tarsus, a Tarsian.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΚιλικίαςkilikiasCiliciaΚιλικία (kilikia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Cilicia”, the of-formG2791Cilicia, a Roman province between the Taurus range of mountains and the coast in the south-east corner of Asia Minor, linked up with the province of Syria.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.ἀσήμουasēmouinsignificantἄσημος (asēmos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “insignificant”, the of-formG767(lit: unmarked, unstamped), undistinguished, obscure, unknown.πόλεωςpoleōscityπόλις (polis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “city”, the of-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.πολίτηςpolitēscitizenπολίτηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “citizen”, the subject formG4177a citizen, fellow-citizen.δέομαιdeomaiI beseechδέομαιverb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “I beseech”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1189I want for myself; I want, need; I beg, request, beseech, pray.I beseechδέdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.σουsoutheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “thee”, the of-formG4771you.theeἐπίτρεψόνepitrepsonsufferἐπιτρέπω (epitrepō)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “suffer”, a single actionG2010I turn to, commit, entrust; I allow, yield, permit.sufferμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meλαλῆσαιlalēsaito speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to speak”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.to speakπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λαόνlaonpeopleλαός (laos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “people”, the object formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.the people

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Paul said, 'I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

But Paul said, I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Paul said, 'I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'

World English Bible

But Paul said, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.”

Darby Translation

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus, citizen of no insignificant city of Cilicia, and I beseech of thee, allow me to speak to the people.

Douay-Rheims

But Paul said to him: I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city. And I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people.

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