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Acts 23:27

This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “him” (αὐτόν) before having learned here.

τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνδραandramanἀνήρ (anēr)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “man”, the object formG435a male human being; a man, husband.manτοῦτονtoutonthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.συλλημφθένταsullēmphthentawas takenσυλλαμβάνω (sullambanō)verb, aorist passive participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “was taken”, a single actionG4815I seize, apprehend, assist, conceive, become pregnant.was takenὑπὸhupoofὑπόpreposition — “of”G5259by, under, about.ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαίωνioudaiōnJewsἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “Jews”, the of-formG2453Jewish.the Jewsκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμέλλονταmellontashouldμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “should”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.shouldἀναιρεῖσθαιanaireisthaito have been killedἀναιρέω (anaireō)verb, present passive infinitive — “to have been killed”, an ongoing or repeated actionG337I take up, take away the life of, make an end of, murder.have been killedὑπ’hupofὑπό (hupo)preposition — “of”G5259by, under, about.ofαὐτῶνautōnthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “them”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἐπιστὰςepistasthen came Iἐφίστημι (ephistēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “then came I”, a single actionG2186I stand by, am urgent, befall one (as of evil), am at hand, impend.then came Iσὺνsunwithσύνpreposition — “with”G4862with.withτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.στρατεύματιstrateumatian armyστράτευμα (strateuma)noun, dative, singular, neuter — “an army”, the to- or for-formG4753an army, detachment of troops.an armyἐξειλάμηνexeilamēnand rescuedἐξαιρέω (exaireō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist middle indicative, 1st person singular — “and rescued”, a single actionG1807I take out, remove; sometimes (mid): I choose, sometimes: I rescue.and rescuedμαθὼνmathōnhaving understoodμανθάνω (manthanō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “having understood”, a single actionG3129I learn; with adj. or nouns: I learn to be so and so; with acc. of person who is the object of knowledge; aor. sometimes: to ascertain.having understoodὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatῬωμαῖόςrhōmaiosa 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

αὐτόνautonthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them — having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

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American Standard Version (1901)

This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be slain of them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

Young’s Literal Translation

This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them — having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;

World English Bible

“This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

Darby Translation

This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out [of their hands], having learned that he was a Roman.

Douay-Rheims

This man being taken by the Jews, and ready to be killed by them, I rescued coming in with an army, understanding that he is a Roman:

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