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Acts 26:17

Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “from” (ἐκ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “I myself” (ἐγὼ) before am sending here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “now” (νῦν) before you here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἐξαιρούμενόςexairoumenosDeliveringἐξαιρέω (exaireō)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “Delivering”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1807I take out, remove; sometimes (mid): I choose, sometimes: I rescue.Deliveringσεsetheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “thee”, the object formG4771you.theeἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λαοῦlaoupeopleλαός (laos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “people”, the of-formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.the peopleκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐθνῶνethnōnfrom the Gentilesἔθνος (ethnos)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “from the Gentiles”, the of-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.This verse uses “the Gentiles”.from the Gentilesεἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoοὓςhouswhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomἐγὼegōnowἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “now”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.nowἀποστέλλωapostellōI sendἀποστέλλωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I send”, an ongoing or repeated actionG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.This verse uses “send”.I sendσεsetheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “thee”, the object formG4771you.thee

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νῦνnunnowνῦνpersonal pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular — “now”, the subject formG3568adv. (a) of time: just now, even now; just at hand, immediately, (b) of logical connection: now then, (c) in commands and appeals: at this instant.This verse uses “now”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

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American Standard Version (1901)

delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

Young’s Literal Translation

delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

World English Bible

delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles , to whom I send you ,

Darby Translation

taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,

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Delivering thee from the people, and from the nations, unto which now I send thee:

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