Acts

Acts 16:37

³⁷But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
Paul	Παῦλος	Paulos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3972 Paul
said	ἔφη	ephē	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G5346 I say
to	πρὸς	pros	Preposition	G4314 to, towards, with
They beat	Δείραντες	Deirantes	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1194 I flay, flog, scourge, beat
us	ἡμᾶς	hēmas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
publicly	δημοσίᾳ	dēmosia	Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular	G1219 public, publicly
without a trial	ἀκατακρίτους	akatakritous	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G178 uncondemned
threw	ἔβαλαν	ebalan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G906 I cast, throw, rush, put, place, drop
into	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
prison	φυλακήν	phylakēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G5438 a watching, guard, prison, imprisonment
we are	ὑπάρχοντας	hyparchontas	Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural	G5225 I am, exist, am in possession
Roman citizens	Ῥωμαίους	Rhōmaious	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G4514 Roman, a Roman citizen
And	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
now	νῦν	nyn	Adverb	G3568 now, already, at present
do they want to send us away	ἐκβάλλουσιν	ekballousin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G1544 I throw, cast, put out, banish, bring forth, produce
secretly	λάθρᾳ	lathra	Adverb	G2977 secretly
Absolutely not	οὐ	ou	Adverb	G3756 no, not
Let them come	ἐλθόντες	elthontes	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G2064 I come, go
themselves	αὐτοὶ	autoi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Plural	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
and escort us out	ἐξαγαγέτωσαν	exagagetōsan	Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G1806 I lead out

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Acts 22:25–29 · Proverbs 28:1 · Daniel 3:25–26 · Psalm 58:1–2 · Matthew 10:16 · Psalm 94:20 · Acts 16:20–24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.