Acts
Acts 25:20
20Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | ἐγὼ | egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| was at a loss | Ἀπορούμενος | Aporoumenos | Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular | G639 I am in difficulties, am at my wits end |
| as to | περὶ | peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| how to investigate | ζήτησιν | zētēsin | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2214 a question, debate, controversy |
| these | τούτων | toutōn | Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| I asked | ἔλεγον | elegon | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| if | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| he was willing | βούλοιτο | bouloito | Verb - Present Optative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1014 I will, intend, desire |
| to go | πορεύεσθαι | poreuesthai | Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive | G4198 I travel, journey, go |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| Jerusalem | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Hierosolyma | Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural | G2414 Jerusalem |
| and | κἀκεῖ | kakei | Conjunction | G2546 and there, and yonder |
| be tried | κρίνεσθαι | krinesthai | Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive | G2919 I judge, decide, think good |
| on | περὶ | peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| these | τούτων | toutōn | Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G3778 this, he, she, it |
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