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Acts 16:27
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27 And after[a] the jailer was awake and saw the doors of the prison open, he drew his[b] sword and[c] was about to kill himself, because he[d] thought the prisoners had escaped.

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  1. Acts 16:27 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 16:27 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  3. Acts 16:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“drew”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Acts 16:27 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“thought”) which is understood as causal
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Acts 16:27
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27 When the jailer awoke and saw the open doors of the prison, he thought the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword and was about to kill himself.

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