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Acts 21:5

And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “having prayed” (προσευξάμενοι) after shore here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “we prayed” (προσηυξάμεθα) after shore here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

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”.ἐγένετοegenetohadγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “had”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.hadἐξαρτίσαιexartisaito accomplishedἐξαρτίζω (exartizō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to accomplished”, a single actionG1822(a) I fit up, completely furnish, equip, furnish, supply, (b) I accomplish, finish.accomplishedἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “day”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.ἐξελθόντεςexelthontesto go outἐξέρχομαι (exerchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to go out”, a single actionG1831I go out, come out.This verse uses “go out”.ἐπορευόμεθαeporeuomethato travelπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 1st person plural — “to travel”, an ongoing action in the pastG4198I travel, journey, go, die.This verse uses “travel”.προπεμπόντωνpropempontōnon our wayπροπέμπω (propempō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “on our way”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4311I send forward, accompany, equip for a journey.on our wayἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).πάντωνpantōnallπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.σὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withγυναιξὶgunaixiwivesγυνή (gunē)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “wives”, the to- or for-formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.wivesκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτέκνοιςteknoischildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “children”, the to- or for-formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.childrenἕωςheōstillἕωςpreposition — “till”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.tillἔξωexōwe were out ofἔξωpreposition — “we were out of”G1854without, outside.we were out ofτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πόλεωςpoleōscityπόλις (polis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “city”, the of-formG4172a city, the inhabitants of a city.the cityκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andθέντεςthenteswe kneeled downτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “we kneeled down”, a single actionG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.we kneeled downτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γόναταgonataa kneeγόνυ (gonu)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “a knee”, the object formG1119the knee.ἐπὶepionἐπίpreposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰγιαλὸνaigialonshoreαἰγιαλός (aigialos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “shore”, the object formG123sea-coast, (sandy) beach; shore (of sea or lake), land.the shoreπροσευξάμενοιproseuxamenoiand prayedπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “and prayed”, a single actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.and prayed

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προσηυξάμεθαprosēuxamethaand prayedπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, aorist deponent participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “and prayed”, a single actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, unto the outside of the city, and having bowed the knees upon the shore, we prayed,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when it came to pass that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed, and bade each other farewell;

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

When those days were over, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.

Darby Translation

But when we had completed the days, we set out and took our journey, all of them accompanying us, with wives and children, till [we were] out of the city. And kneeling down upon the shore we prayed.

Douay-Rheims

And the days being expired, departing we went forward, they all bringing us on our way, with their wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and we prayed.

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