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Acts 26:1

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:

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ἈγρίππαςagrippasAgrippaἈγρίππαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Agrippa”, the subject formG67Agrippa, i.e. Herod Agrippa II.Agrippaδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλονpaulonPaulΠαῦλος (paulos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the object formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paulἔφηephēto sayφημί (phēmi)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, an ongoing action in the pastG5346I say, declare.Ἐπιτρέπεταίepitrepetaiart permittedἐπιτρέπω (epitrepō)verb, present passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “art permitted”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2010I turn to, commit, entrust; I allow, yield, permit.art permittedσοιsoiyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ὑπὲρhuperforὑπέρpreposition — “for”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.forσεαυτοῦseautouyourselfσεαυτοῦpersonal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “yourself”, the of-formG4572Strong’s files this form under G4771 (σύ).thyselfλέγεινlegeinto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active infinitive — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.τότεtoteThenτότεadverb — “Then”G5119then, at that time.Thenὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΠαῦλοςpaulosPaulΠαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Paul”, the subject formG3972Paul, Paulus.Paulἐκτείναςekteinasstretched forthἐκτείνω (ekteinō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “stretched forth”, a single actionG1614I stretch out (forth), cast forth (as of an anchor), lay hands on.stretched forthτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χεῖραcheirahandχείρ (cheir)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “hand”, the object formG5495a hand.the handἀπελογεῖτοapelogeitoand answered for himselfἀπολογέομαι (apologeomai)verb, imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “and answered for himself”, an ongoing action in the pastG626I give a defense, defend myself (especially in a law court): it can take an object of what is said in defense.and answered for himself

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'It is permitted to thee to speak for thyself;' then Paul having stretched forth the hand, was making a defence:

World English Bible

Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.

Darby Translation

And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching out his hand answered in his defence:

Douay-Rheims

Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching forth his hand, began to make his answer.

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