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Acts 9:13

Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “I have heard” (ἤκουσα) before from here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before Ananias here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “I have heard” (ἀκήκοα) before from here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἉνανίαςhananiasAnaniasἉνανίαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Ananias”, the subject formG367Ananias, (a) husband of Sapphira, a member of the early church at Jerusalem, (b) a member of the church at Damascus, (c) the high priest at Jerusalem.ΚύριεkurieLordκύριος (kurios)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the calling formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.LordἤκουσαēkousaI have heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “I have heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.I have heardἀπὸapobyἀπόpreposition — “by”G575from, away from.byπολλῶνpollōnmanyπολύς (polus)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “many”, the of-formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “many”.manyπερὶperiofπερίpreposition — “of”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνδρὸςandrosmanἀνήρ (anēr)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “man”, the of-formG435a male human being; a man, husband.manτούτουtoutouthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ὅσαhosahow muchὅσος (hosos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “how much”, the object formG3745how much, how great, how many, as great as, as much.This verse uses “how much”.how muchκακὰkakaevilκακός (kakos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “evil”, the object formG2556bad, evil, in the widest sense.This verse uses “evil”.evilτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἁγίοιςhagioissaintsἅγιος (hagios)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “saints”, the to- or for-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.saintsσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.ἐποίησενepoiēsento doποιέω (poieō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to do”, a single actionG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.ἐνenatἐνpreposition — “at”G1722in, on, among.atἸερουσαλήμierousalēmJerusalemἸερουσαλήμnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “Jerusalem”, the to- or for-formG2419(Aramaic form), Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine: hence Judaism, and allegorically, Christendom, the Christian Church.Jerusalem

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀκήκοαakēkoaI have heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “I have heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Ananias answered, 'Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he did to thy saints at Jerusalem:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Ananias answered, 'Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem,

World English Bible

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

Darby Translation

And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;

Douay-Rheims

But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem.

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