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Acts 26:12

In Acts 26 of Acts.

Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before commission here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from” (παρὰ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἘνenWhereuponἐνpreposition — “Whereupon”G1722in, on, among.Whereuponοἷςhoiswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, plural, neuter — “which”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.πορευόμενοςporeuomenosas I wentπορεύομαι (poreuomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “as I went”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4198I travel, journey, go, die.as I wentεἰςeistoεἰςpreposition — “to”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.toτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ΔαμασκὸνdamaskonDamascusΔαμασκός (damaskos)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Damascus”, the object formG1154Damascus.Damascusμετ’metwithμετά (meta)preposition — “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”.withἐξουσίαςexousiasauthorityἐξουσία (exousia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “authority”, the of-formG1849(a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.This verse uses “authority”.authorityκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπιτροπῆςepitropēscommissionἐπιτροπή (epitropē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “commission”, the of-formG2011power to decide, authority, commission.This verse uses “commission”.commissionτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρχιερέωνarchiereōnchief priestsἀρχιερεύς (archiereus)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “chief priests”, the of-formG749high priest, chief priest.This verse uses “chief priest”.the chief priests

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.παρὰparafromπαράpreposition — “from”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.This verse uses “from”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'In which things, also, going on to Damascus — with authority and commission from the chief priests —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Whereupon as I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

Young’s Literal Translation

'In which things, also, going on to Damascus — with authority and commission from the chief priests —

World English Bible

“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

Darby Translation

And when, [engaged] in this, I was journeying to Damascus, with authority and power from the chief priests,

Douay-Rheims

Whereupon when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest,

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