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Acts 23:12

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the Jews” (οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι) before put under here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “some of the Jews” (τινες Ἰουδαίων) before conspiracy here.

Γενομένηςgenomenēswhen it wasγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “when it was”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.when it wasδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἡμέραςhēmerasdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.dayποιήσαντεςpoiēsantesbanded togetherποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “banded together”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.banded togetherσυστροφὴνsustrophēncommotionσυστροφή (sustrophē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “commotion”, the object formG4963a gathering together, riotous concourse, conspiracy.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the subject formG2453Jewish.ἀνεθεμάτισανanethematisanand boundἀναθεματίζω (anathematizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “and bound”, a single actionG332I curse, invoke curses, devote to destruction.and boundἑαυτοὺςheautousthemselvesἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “themselves”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.themselvesλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, 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.sayingμήτεmēteneitherμήτεconjunction — “neither”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “neither”.neitherφαγεῖνphageinto eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active infinitive — “to eat”, a single actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).eatμήτεmētenorμήτεconjunction — “nor”G3383nor, neither, not even, neither...nor.This verse uses “nor”.norπιεῖνpieinto drinkπίνω (pinō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to drink”, a single actionG4095I drink, imbibe.This verse uses “drink”.drinkἕωςheōstillἕωςpreposition — “till”G2193(a) conj: until, (b) prep: as far as, up to, as much as, until.tillοὗhouwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinōsinthey had killedἀποκτείνω (apokteinō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural — “they had killed”, a single actionG615I put to death, kill; fig: I abolish.they had killedτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλονpaulonPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the object formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paul

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τινεςtinescertainτὶς (tis)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “certain”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.Ἰουδαίωνioudaiōnof the JewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “of the Jews”, the subject formG2453Jewish.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Young’s Literal Translation

And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

World English Bible

When it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Darby Translation

And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

Douay-Rheims

And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat, nor drink, till they killed Paul.

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