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Acts 23:1

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.

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ἀτενίσαςatenisasearnestly beholdingἀτενίζω (atenizō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “earnestly beholding”, a single actionG816I direct my gaze, look steadily.earnestly beholdingδὲdebutδέconjunction — “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.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.συνεδρίῳsunedriōcouncilσυνέδριον (sunedrion)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “council”, the to- or for-formG4892a council, tribunal; the Sanhedrin, the meeting place of the Sanhedrin.the councilεἶπενeipento 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).saidἌνδρεςandresMenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “Men”, the calling formG435a male human being; a man, husband.Menἀδελφοίadelphoiand brethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “and brethren”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.and brethrenἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iπάσῃpasēin allπᾶς (pas)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “in all”, the to- or for-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.in allσυνειδήσειsuneidēseiconscienceσυνείδησις (suneidēsis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “conscience”, the to- or for-formG4893the conscience, a persisting notion.conscienceἀγαθῇagathēgood-doerἀγαθός (agathos)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “good-doer”, the to- or for-formG18intrinsically good, good in nature, good whether it be seen to be so or not, the widest and most colorless of all words with this meaning.πεπολίτευμαιpepoliteumaibe a citizenπολιτεύομαι (politeuomai)verb, perfect middle indicative, 1st person singular — “be a citizen”, a completed action with a present resultG4176I live the life of a citizen, live.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.θεῷtheōbefore Godθεός (theos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “before God”, the to- or for-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.before Godἄχριachriuntilἄχριpreposition — “until”G891as far as, up to, until, during.This verse uses “until”.untilταύτηςtautēsthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.day

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, 'Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, 'Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'

World English Bible

Paul, looking steadfastly at the council, said, “Brothers, I have lived before God in all good conscience until today.”

Darby Translation

And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.

Douay-Rheims

And Paul looking upon the council, said: Men, brethren, I have conversed with all good conscience before God until this present day.

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