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Acts 21:39

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21:39Paul answered,153 “I am a Jew154 from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city.155 Please156 allow me to speak to the people.”

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Footnotes

  1. 153 Grk “said.”
  2. 154 Grk “a Jewish man.”
  3. 155 Grk “of a not insignificant city.” The double negative, common in Greek, is awkward in English and has been replaced by a corresponding positive expression ( ἄσημος 1).
  4. 156 Grk “I beg you.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Paul replied, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Now I ask you, let me speak to the people.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“No,” Paul replied, “I am a Jew and a citizen of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is an important city. Please, let me talk to these people.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no unimportant city. Now I ask you, allow me to speak to the people.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.