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Acts 24:7

But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,

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This verse is not in the SBL Greek New Testament. The King James follows the Textus Receptus.

παρελθὼνparelthōncameπαρέρχομαι (parerchomai)verb, second aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “came”, a single actionG3928I pass by, pass away, pass out of sight; I am rendered void, become vain, neglect, disregard.cameδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ΛυσίαςlusiasLysiasΛυσίαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lysias”, the subject formG3079Claudius Lysias, a Roman tribune of the soldiers in Jerusalem.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χιλίαρχοςchiliarchosmilitary officerχιλίαρχοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “military officer”, the subject formG5506a commander of a thousand men, a military tribune.μετὰmetaupon us, and withμετάpreposition — “upon us, and with”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “with”.upon us, and withπολλῆςpollēsgreatπολύς (polus)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “great”, the of-formG4183much, many; often.greatβίαςbiasviolenceβία (bia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “violence”, the of-formG970force, violence, strength.This verse uses “violence”.violenceἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.χειρῶνcheirōnhandsχείρ (cheir)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “hands”, the of-formG5495a hand.handsἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἀπήγαγεapēgageto lead awayἀπάγω (apagō)verb, second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to lead away”, a single actionG520I lead, carry, take away; met: I am led astray, seduced.This verse uses “lead”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,

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Young’s Literal Translation

and Lysias the chief captain having come near, with much violence, out of our hands did take away,

Darby Translation

but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took [him] away with great force out of our hands,

Douay-Rheims

But Lysias the tribune coming upon us, with great violence took him away out of our hands;

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