King James Version

Acts 21:4

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “then” (δὲ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to go up” (ἐπιβαίνειν) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before Having sought here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to ascend” (ἀναβαίνειν) before to here.

ἀνευρόντεςaneurontesfindingἀνευρίσκω (aneuriskō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “finding”, a single actionG429I find by seeking out, discover.findingδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μαθητὰςmathētasdisciplesμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “disciples”, the object formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.disciplesἐπεμείναμενepemeinamenwe tarriedἐπιμένω (epimenō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “we tarried”, a single actionG1961(a) I remain, tarry, (b) I remain in, persist in.we tarriedαὐτοῦautouthereαὐτοῦadverb — “there”G847here, there.This verse uses “there”.thereἡμέραςhēmerasdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “days”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysἑπτάheptasevenἑπτάadjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “seven”, the object formG2033seven.οἵτινεςhoitineswhoὅστις (hostis)relative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “who”, the subject formG3748whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.whoτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.Παύλῳpaulōto PaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “to Paul”, the to- or for-formG3972Paul, Paulus.to Paulἔλεγονelegonto speakλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to speak”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(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”.διὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.throughτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πνεύματοςpneumatosSpiritπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “Spirit”, the of-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.the Spiritμὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.notἐπιβαίνεινepibaineinto go upἐπιβαίνω (epibainō)verb, present active infinitive — “to go up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1910(a) I set foot on, step on, (b) I mount (a horse), board (a vessel).go upεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toἹεροσόλυμαhierosolumaJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαnoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “Jerusalem”, the object formG2414the Greek form of the Hebrew name: Jerusalem.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἀναβαίνεινanabaineinto that he shouldἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, present active infinitive — “to that he should”, an ongoing or repeated actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And having found the disciples, we tarried there seven days: and these said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not set foot in Jerusalem.

Young’s Literal Translation

And having found out the disciples, we tarried there seven days, and they said to Paul, through the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem;

World English Bible

Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

Darby Translation

And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven days; who said to Paul by the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims