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Acts 28:21

And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.

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οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himεἶπανeipanto sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to say”, a single 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 “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).ἩμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).Weοὔτεouteneitherοὔτεconjunction — “neither”G3777and not, neither, nor.This verse uses “neither”.neitherγράμματαgrammatalettersγράμμα (gramma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “letters”, the object formG1121a letter of the alphabet; collectively: written (revelation); (a) a written document, a letter, an epistle, (b) writings, literature, learning.lettersπερὶpericoncerningπερίpreposition — “concerning”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “concerning”.concerningσοῦsoutheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “thee”, the of-formG4771you.theeἐδεξάμεθαedexamethato receiveδέχομαι (dechomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 1st person plural — “to receive”, a single actionG1209I take, receive, accept, welcome.This verse uses “receive”.ἀπὸapoaway fromἀπόpreposition — “away from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἸουδαίαςioudaiasJudeaἸουδαία (ioudaia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Judea”, the of-formG2449Judea, a Roman province, capital Jerusalem.οὔτεouteneitherοὔτεconjunction — “neither”G3777and not, neither, nor.This verse uses “neither”.neitherπαραγενόμενόςparagenomenosthat cameπαραγίνομαι (paraginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “that came”, a single actionG3854(a) I come on the scene, appear, come, (b) with words expressing destination: I present myself at, arrive at, reach.that cameτιςtisanyτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “any”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.anyτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφῶνadelphōnbrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “brother”, the of-formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.ἀπήγγειλενapēngeilento announceἀπαγγέλλω (apangellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to announce”, a single actionG518I report (from one place to another), bring a report, announce, declare.This verse uses “announce”.ἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.ἐλάλησένelalēsento speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to speak”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.τιtioneτις (tis)interrogative or indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “one”, the object formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.περὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofσοῦsoutheeσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “thee”, the of-formG4771you.theeπονηρόνponēronevilπονηρός (ponēros)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “evil”, the object formG4190evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful.This verse uses “evil”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And they said unto him, 'We did neither receive letters concerning thee from Judea, nor did any one who came of the brethren declare or speak any evil concerning thee,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they said unto him, We neither received letters from Judæa concerning thee, nor did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak any harm of thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they said unto him, 'We did neither receive letters concerning thee from Judea, nor did any one who came of the brethren declare or speak any evil concerning thee,

World English Bible

They said to him, “We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you.

Darby Translation

And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee.

Douay-Rheims

But they said to him: We neither received letters concerning thee from Judea, neither did any of the brethren that came hither, relate or speak any evil of thee.

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