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Acts 25:16

To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “into punishment” (εἰς ἀπώλειαν) before before here.

πρὸςprosToπρόςpreposition — “To”G4314to, towards, with.Toοὓςhouswhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomἀπεκρίθηνapekrithēnI answeredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 1st person singular — “I answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.I answeredὅτιhotithatὅτιconjunction — “that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.οὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἔθοςethosmannerἔθοςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “manner”, the subject formG1485a custom, habit; an institute, rite.the mannerῬωμαίοιςrhōmaioisof the RomansῬωμαῖος (rhōmaios)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “of the Romans”, the to- or for-formG4514Roman; subst: a Roman citizen.of the Romansχαρίζεσθαίcharizesthaito deliverχαρίζομαι (charizomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to deliver”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5483(a) I show favor to, (b) I pardon, forgive, (c) I show kindness.to deliverτιναtinaanyτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “any”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.anyἄνθρωπονanthrōponmanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “man”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.manπρὶνprinbeforeπρίνconjunction — “before”G4250formerly, before.This verse uses “before”.beforeἢēthatἤconjunction — “that”G2228or, than.thatὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κατηγορούμενοςkatēgoroumenoshe which is accusedκατηγορέω (katēgoreō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he which is accused”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2723I accuse, charge, prosecute.he which is accusedκατὰkataface to faceκατάpreposition — “face to face”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.face to faceπρόσωπονprosōponfaceπρόσωπονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “face”, the object formG4383the face, countenance, surface.ἔχοιechoito haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active optative, 3rd person singular — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.κατηγόρουςkatēgorousaccuserκατήγορος (katēgoros)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “accuser”, the object formG2725an accuser, prosecutor.This verse uses “accuser”.τόπονtoponlicenceτόπος (topos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “licence”, the object formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.licenceτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.ἀπολογίαςapologiasto answer for himselfἀπολογία (apologia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “to answer for himself”, the of-formG627a verbal defense (particularly in a law court).to answer for himselfλάβοιlaboito takeλαμβάνω (lambanō)verb, aorist active optative, 3rd person singular — “to take”, a single actionG2983(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of.This verse uses “take”.περὶpericoncerningπερίpreposition — “concerning”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “concerning”.concerningτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐγκλήματοςenklēmatoscrime laid against himἔγκλημα (enklēma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “crime laid against him”, the of-formG1462an accusation, charge.the crime laid against him

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ἀπώλειανapōleiandieἀπώλεια (apōleia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “die”, the object formG684destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

unto whom I answered, that it is not a custom of Romans to make a favour of any man to die, before that he who is accused may have the accusers face to face, and may receive place of defence in regard to the charge laid against [him].

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American Standard Version (1901)

To whom I answered, that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man, before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and have had opportunity to make his defence concerning the matter laid against him.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction before the accused has met the accusers face to face and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

Darby Translation

to whom I answered, It is not [the] custom of the Romans to give up any man before that the accused have the accusers face to face, and he have got opportunity of defence touching the charge.

Douay-Rheims

To whom I answered: It is not the custom of the Romans to condemn any man, before that he who is accused have his accusers present, and have liberty to make his answer, to clear himself of the things laid to his charge.

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