KJV King James Version
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
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Acts 21:37
And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
WEB World English Bible
As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, “May I speak to you?” He said, “Do you know Greek?
ASV American Standard Version
And as Paul was about to be brought into the castle, he saith unto the chief captain, May I say something unto thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Paul being about to be led into the castle, saith to the chief captain, ‘Is it permitted to me to say anything unto thee?’ and he said, ‘Greek dost thou know?
Surrounding context — Acts 21
34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
39 But Paul said, I am a man [which am] a Jew of Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto [them] in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
μέλλωνG3195 · mellōto ensueτεG5037 · teand/bothεἰσάγεσθαιG1521 · eisagōto bring inεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπαρεμβολὴνG3925 · parembolēbarracksὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoΠαῦλοςG3972 · PaulosPaulλέγειG3004 · legōto sayτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoχιλιάρχῳ·G5506 · chiliarchosmilitary officerεἰG1487 · eiifἔξεστίνG1832 · exesti, exonbe permittedμοιG3165 · memeεἰπεῖνG2036 · eiponto sayτιG5100 · tisoneπρὸςG4314 · prosto/withσέ;G4771 · suyouὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἔφη·G5346 · phēmito assertἑλληνιστὶG1676 · HellēnistiGreekγινώσκεις;G1097 · ginōskōto know
Cross-references
Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.Acts 21:34And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.Acts 19:30And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.Matthew 10:18-20And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.Acts 21:19And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
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