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Acts 19:31-33
Lexham English Bible
Acts 19:31-33
Lexham English Bible
31 And even some of the Asiarchs[a] who were his friends sent word[b] to him and[c] were urging him[d] not to risk himself by going into the theater. 32 So some were shouting one thing[e] and some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority did not know why[f] they had assembled. 33 And some of the crowd advised[g] Alexander, when[h] the Jews put him forward. But Alexander, motioning with his[i] hand, was wanting to defend himself to the popular assembly.
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- Acts 19:31 Or “provincial authorities”
- Acts 19:31 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 19:31 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sent”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Acts 19:31 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 19:32 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Acts 19:32 Literally “on account of what”
- Acts 19:33 Or “concluded it was about”
- Acts 19:33 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“put … forward”)
- Acts 19:33 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
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