King James Version

Acts 26:28

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “to become” (ποιῆσαι.) after Christian here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “was saying” (ἔφη·) before Within here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to be” (γενέσθαι) after Christian here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeThenδέconjunction — “Then”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.ThenἈγρίππαςagrippasAgrippaἈγρίππαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Agrippa”, the subject formG67Agrippa, i.e. Herod Agrippa II.Agrippaπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “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.PaulἘνenAlmostἐνpreposition — “Almost”G1722in, on, among.Almostὀλίγῳoligōlittleὀλίγος (oligos)adjective, dative, singular, neuter — “little”, the to- or for-formG3641(a) especially in plur: few, (b) in sing: small; hence, of time: short, of degree: light, slight, little.μεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meπείθειςpeitheisto persuadeπείθω (peithō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person singular — “to persuade”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3982I persuade, urge.This verse uses “persuade”.Χριστιανὸνchristianona ChristianΧριστιανός (christianos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a Christian”, the object formG5546a Christian.a Christianποιῆσαιpoiēsaito doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἔφηephēsaidφημί (phēmi)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “said”, an ongoing action in the pastG5346I say, declare.γενέσθαιgenesthaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Agrippa said unto Paul, With but little persuasion thou wouldest fain make me a Christian.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Agrippa said unto Paul, 'In a little thou dost persuade me to become a Christian!'

World English Bible

Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”

Darby Translation

And Agrippa [said] to Paul, In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

Douay-Rheims

And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

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