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Acts 28:14

In Acts 28 of Acts.

Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “with” (παρ᾽) before them here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “upon” (ἐπ᾽) before them here.

οὗhouWhereοὗadverb — “Where”G3757where, whither, when, in what place.This verse uses “where”.Whereεὑρόντεςheuronteswe foundεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “we found”, a single actionG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.we foundἀδελφοὺςadelphousbrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the object formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenπαρεκλήθημενpareklēthēmenand were desiredπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 1st person plural — “and were desired”, a single actionG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.and were desiredπαρ’parwithπαρά (para)preposition — “with”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.withαὐτοῖςautoisthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine — “them”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἐπιμεῖναιepimeinaito remainἐπιμένω (epimenō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to remain”, a single actionG1961(a) I remain, tarry, (b) I remain in, persist in.This verse uses “remain”.ἡμέραςhēmerasdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “days”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysἑπτάheptasevenἑπτάadjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “seven”, the object formG2033seven.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὕτωςhoutōssoοὕτω(ς)adverb — “so”G3779thus, so, in this manner.soεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.towardτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ῬώμηνrhōmēnRomeῬώμη (rhōmē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “Rome”, the object formG4516Rome, the famous city on the Tiber, the capital of the Roman Empire.Romeἤλθαμενēlthamento comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person plural — “to come”, a single actionG2064I come, go.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐπ᾽epwithἐπί (epi)preposition — “with”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

where, having found brethren, we were called upon to remain with them seven days, and thus to Rome we came;

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American Standard Version (1901)

where we found brethren, and were entreated to tarry with them seven days: and so we came to Rome.

Young’s Literal Translation

where, having found brethren, we were called upon to remain with them seven days, and thus to Rome we came;

World English Bible

where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.

Darby Translation

where, having found brethren, we were begged to stay with them seven days. And thus we went to Rome.

Douay-Rheims

Where, finding brethren, we were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went to Rome.

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