King James Version

Acts 22:26

When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “do you see” (ὅρα) before what here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἀκούσαςakousasheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchēscenturionἑκατοντάρχηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “centurion”, the subject formG1543a centurion of the Roman army.προσελθὼνproselthōnthat, he wentπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “that, he went”, a single actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).that, he wentτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.χιλιάρχῳchiliarchōchief captainχιλίαρχος (chiliarchos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “chief captain”, the to- or for-formG5506a commander of a thousand men, a military tribune.the chief captainἀπήγγειλενapēngeilento announceἀπαγγέλλω (apangellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to announce”, a single actionG518I report (from one place to another), bring a report, announce, declare.This verse uses “announce”.λέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingΤίtiwhatτίς (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “what”, the object formG5101who, which, what, why.This verse uses “what”.whatμέλλειςmelleisthou doestμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “thou doest”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.thou doestποιεῖνpoieinto doποιέω (poieō)verb, present active infinitive — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.forἄνθρωποςanthrōposmanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.manοὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.Ῥωμαῖόςrhōmaiosa RomanῬωμαῖοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “a Roman”, the subject formG4514Roman; subst: a Roman citizen.This verse uses “Roman”.a Romanἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὅραhoraTake heedὁράω (horaō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Take heed”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and the centurion having heard, having gone near to the chief captain, told, saying, 'Take heed what thou art about to do, for this man is a Roman;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, What art thou about to do? for this man is a Roman.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the centurion having heard, having gone near to the chief captain, told, saying, 'Take heed what thou art about to do, for this man is a Roman;'

World English Bible

When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”

Darby Translation

And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou going to do? for this man is a Roman.

Douay-Rheims

Which the centurion hearing, went to the tribune, and told him, saying: What art thou about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.

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