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Acts 25:18

Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “were bringing” (ἔφερον) before which here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “crimes” (πονηρῶν·) after was suspect here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “were accusing” (ἐπέφερον) before which here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

περὶperiAgainstπερίpreposition — “Against”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.Againstοὗhouwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “whom”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.whomσταθέντεςstathentesstood upἵστημι (histēmi)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “stood up”, a single actionG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.stood upοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κατήγοροιkatēgoroiaccuserκατήγορος (katēgoros)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “accuser”, the subject formG2725an accuser, prosecutor.This verse uses “accuser”.οὐδεμίανoudemiannoneοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “none”, the object formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “none”.noneαἰτίανaitianaccusationαἰτία (aitia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “accusation”, the object formG156a cause, reason, excuse; a charge, accusation; guilt; circumstances, case.accusationἔφερονepheronto bearφέρω (pherō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to bear”, an ongoing action in the pastG5342I carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known.This verse uses “bear”.ὧνhōnof such things asὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of such things as”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.of such things asἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iὑπενόουνhupenoounsupposedὑπονοέω (huponoeō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 1st person singular — “supposed”, an ongoing action in the pastG5282I conjecture, suppose, suspect, deem.supposedπονηρῶνponērōnevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, genitive, plural, neuter — “evil”, the of-formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.

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ἐπέφερονepepheronthey broughtἐπιφέρω (epipherō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they brought”, an ongoing action in the pastG2018I bring forward (against), impose, inflict.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against [him] no accusation of the things I was thinking of,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Concerning whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no charge of such evil things as I supposed;

Young’s Literal Translation

concerning whom the accusers, having stood up, were bringing against [him] no accusation of the things I was thinking of,

World English Bible

When the accusers stood up, they brought no charges against him of such things as I supposed;

Darby Translation

concerning whom the accusers, standing up, brought no such accusation of guilt as I supposed;

Douay-Rheims

Against whom, when the accusers stood up, they brought no accusation of things which I thought ill of:

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