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Acts 23:20

And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “it being about” (μέλλον) before something here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they being about” (μέλλοντές) before something here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

εἶπενeipento 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).he saidδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.Οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαῖοιioudaioiJewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “Jews”, the subject formG2453Jewish.The Jewsσυνέθεντοsunethentohave agreedσυντίθεμαι (suntithemai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural — “have agreed”, a single actionG4934mid. and pass: I make a compact (agreement) with (together), covenant with, agree.have agreedτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐρωτῆσαίerōtēsaito desireἐρωτάω (erōtaō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to desire”, a single actionG2065(a) I ask (a question), question, (b) I request, make a request to, pray.to desireσεsetheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “thee”, the object formG4771you.theeὅπωςhopōsthatὅπωςconjunction — “that”G3704how, in order that, so that, that.thatαὔριονaurionto morrowαὔριονadverb — “to morrow”G839tomorrow.to morrowτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλονpaulonPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the object formG3972Paul, Paulus.καταγάγῃςkatagagēsto bring downκατάγω (katagō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular — “to bring down”, a single actionG2609I lead down, bring down, either from a high place on land or to a lower (or actually to the sea-coast), or from the high seas to land.This verse uses “bring down”.εἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.συνέδριονsunedrioncouncilσυνέδριονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “council”, the object formG4892a council, tribunal; the Sanhedrin, the meeting place of the Sanhedrin.the councilὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asμέλλονmellonthough they wouldμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “though they would”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.though they wouldτιtisomewhatτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “somewhat”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.somewhatἀκριβέστερονakribesteronmore perfectlyἀκριβέστερονadverb — “more perfectly”G197strictermore perfectlyπυνθάνεσθαιpunthanesthaito inquireπυνθάνομαι (punthanomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to inquire”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4441I ask, inquire, ascertain by inquiry, understand.This verse uses “inquire”.περὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

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μέλλοντέςmellontesthough they wouldμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, neuter — “though they would”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and he said — 'The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he said — 'The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;

World English Bible

He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.

Darby Translation

And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.

Douay-Rheims

And he said: The Jews have agreed to desire thee, that thou wouldst bring forth Paul tomorrow into the council, as if they meant to inquire some thing more certain touching him.

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