King James Version

Acts 25:8

While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the Paul” (τοῦ Παύλου) before was presenting here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of him” (αὐτοῦ) before that here.

τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαύλουpaulouPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the of-formG3972Paul, Paulus.ἀπολογουμένουapologoumenouWhile he answeredἀπολογέομαι (apologeomai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “While he answered”, an ongoing or repeated actionG626I give a defense, defend myself (especially in a law court): it can take an object of what is said in defense.While he answeredὅτιhotiNeitherὅτιconjunction — “Neither”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.NeitherΟὔτεouteneitherοὔτεconjunction — “neither”G3777and not, neither, nor.This verse uses “neither”.neitherεἰςeisagainstεἰςpreposition — “against”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.againstτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.νόμονnomonlawνόμος (nomos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “law”, the object formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαίωνioudaiōnJewishἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “Jewish”, the of-formG2453Jewish.οὔτεoutenor yetοὔτεconjunction — “nor yet”G3777and not, neither, nor.This verse uses “nor”.nor yetεἰςeisagainstεἰςpreposition — “against”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.againstτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἱερὸνhieronsacredἱερός (hierós)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “sacred”, the object formG2413sacred, holy, set apart.This verse uses “sacred”.Strong’s files this form under G2411 (ἱερόν).οὔτεouteneitherοὔτεconjunction — “neither”G3777and not, neither, nor.This verse uses “neither”.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ΚαίσαράkaisaraCaesarΚαῖσαρ (kaisar)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Caesar”, the object formG2541Caesar, a surname of the gens Iulia, which became practically synonymous with the Emperor for the time being; in the Gospels it always refers to Tiberias.Caesarτιtiany thing at allτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “any thing at all”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.any thing at allἥμαρτονhēmartonto sinἁμαρτάνω (hamartanō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “to sin”, a single actionG264originally: I miss the mark, hence (a) I make a mistake, (b) I sin, commit a sin (against God); sometimes the idea of sinning against a fellow-creature is present.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

αὐτοῦautoufor himselfαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “for himself”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

he making defence — 'Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar — did I commit any sin.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

while Paul said in his defence, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Cæsar, have I sinned at all.

Young’s Literal Translation

he making defence — 'Neither in regard to the law of the Jews, nor in regard to the temple, nor in regard to Caesar — did I commit any sin.'

World English Bible

while he said in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I sinned at all.”

Darby Translation

Paul answering for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended [in] anything.

Douay-Rheims

Paul making answer for himself: Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I offended in any thing.

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