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Acts 23:17

Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “do take” (ἄπαγε) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “do take” (ἀπάγαγε) before to here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

προσκαλεσάμενοςproskalesamenoscalledπροσκαλέομαι (proskaleomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “called”, a single actionG4341I call to myself, summon.calledδὲdebutδέconjunction — “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.ἕναhenaoneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “one”, the object formG1520one.oneτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἑκατονταρχῶνhekatontarchōnof the centurionsἑκατοντάρχης (hekatontarchēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the centurions”, the of-formG1543a centurion of the Roman army.of the centurionsἔφηephēunto him, and saidφημί (phēmi)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “unto him, and said”, an ongoing action in the pastG5346I say, declare.unto him, and saidΤὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.νεανίανneanianyoung manνεανίας (neanias)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “young man”, the object formG3494a young man, youth; a man in his prime (used even of a man of 40).young manτοῦτονtoutonthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἄπαγεapagedo takeἀπάγω (apagō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person singular — “do take”, an ongoing or repeated actionG520I lead, carry, take away; met: I am led astray, seduced.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χιλίαρχονchiliarchonchief captainχιλίαρχος (chiliarchos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “chief captain”, the object formG5506a commander of a thousand men, a military tribune.the chief captainἔχειecheihe hathἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he hath”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.he hathγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἀπαγγεῖλαίapangeilaito tellἀπαγγέλλω (apangellō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to tell”, a single actionG518I report (from one place to another), bring a report, announce, declare.to tellτιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.αὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.him

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἀπάγαγεapagageBringἀπάγω (apagō)verb, second aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “Bring”, a single actionG520I lead, carry, take away; met: I am led astray, seduced.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, 'This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Paul called unto him one of the centurions, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, 'This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.'

World English Bible

Paul summoned one of the centurions and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”

Darby Translation

And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.

Douay-Rheims

And Paul, calling to him one of the centurions, said: Bring this young man to the tribune, for he hath some thing to tell him.

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