King James Version

Acts 24:11

Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to know” (ἐπιγνῶναι) before that here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “twelve” (δώδεκα) before from here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “in” (εἰς) before Jerusalem here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to know” (γνῶναι) before that here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “than twelve” (ἤ δεκαδύο) before from here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “in” (ἐν) before Jerusalem here.

δυναμένουdunamenoumayestδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “mayest”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.mayestσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ἐπιγνῶναιepignōnaito understandἐπιγινώσκω (epiginōskō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to understand”, a single actionG1921I come to know by directing my attention to him or it, I perceive, discern, recognize; aor: I found out.understandὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.thatοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.πλείουςpleiousmuchπολύς (polus)adjective, comparative, nominative, plural, feminine — “much”, the subject formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.εἰσίνeisinthere areεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “there are”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.there areμοιmoiIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).Iἡμέραιhēmeraidayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, nominative, plural, feminine — “day”, the subject formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.δώδεκαdōdekatwelveδώδεκαadjective, genitive, plural, feminine — “twelve”, the of-formG1427twelve; the usual way in which the Twelve apostles of Jesus are referred to.ἀφ’aphaway fromἀπό (apo)preposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.ἧςhēswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἀνέβηνanebēnwent upἀναβαίνω (anabainō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “went up”, a single actionG305I go up, mount, ascend; of things: I rise, spring up, come up.went upπροσκυνήσωνproskunēsōnfor to worshipπροσκυνέω (proskuneō)verb, future active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “for to worship”, an action still aheadG4352I go down on my knees to, do obeisance to, worship.for to worshipεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ἸερουσαλήμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the object formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.

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γνῶναιgnōnaito understandγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, second aorist active infinitive — “to understand”, a single actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.ἤēyet butἤconjunction — “yet but”G2228or, than.δεκαδύοdekaduotwelveδεκαδύοadjective — “twelve”G1177ἐνentoἐνpreposition — “to”G1722in, on, among.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,

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American Standard Version (1901)

seeing that thou canst take knowledge that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem:

Young’s Literal Translation

thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem,

World English Bible

seeing that you can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.

Darby Translation

As thou mayest know that there are not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem,

Douay-Rheims

For thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days, since I went up to adore in Jerusalem:

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