Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They replied, “We have not received any letters from Judea concerning you, and none of our people who have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you. New Living Translation They replied, “We have had no letters from Judea or reports against you from anyone who has come here. English Standard Version And they said to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or spoken any evil about you. Berean Standard Bible The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you. Berean Literal Bible Then they said to him, "We received neither letters concerning you from Judea, nor any of the brothers having arrived reported or said anything evil concerning you. King James Bible And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. New King James Version Then they said to him, “We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren who came reported or spoken any evil of you. New American Standard Bible They said to him, “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor has any of the brothers come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you. NASB 1995 They said to him, “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you. NASB 1977 And they said to him, “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you. Legacy Standard Bible And they said to him, “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brothers come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you. Amplified Bible They said to him, “We have not received [any] letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the [Jewish] brothers come here and reported or said anything bad about you. Christian Standard Bible Then they said to him, “We haven’t received any letters about you from Judea. None of the brothers has come and reported or spoken anything evil about you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then they said to him, “We haven’t received any letters about you from Judea. None of the brothers has come and reported or spoken anything evil about you. American Standard Version And they said unto him, We neither received letters from Jud�a concerning thee, nor did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak any harm of thee. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they said to him, “We have not received a letter about you from Judea, neither has anyone of the brethren who came from Jerusalem told us anything evil about you.” Contemporary English Version The leaders replied, "No one from Judea has written us a letter about you. And not one of them has come here to report on you or to say anything against you. Douay-Rheims Bible But they said to him: We neither received letters concerning thee from Judea, neither did any of the brethren that came hither, relate or speak any evil of thee. English Revised Version And they said unto him, We neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak any harm of thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation The Jewish leaders told Paul, "We haven't received any letters from Judea about you, and no Jewish person who has come to Rome has reported or mentioned anything bad about you. Good News Translation They said to him, "We have not received any letters from Judea about you, nor have any of our people come from there with any news or anything bad to say about you. International Standard Version The Jewish leaders told him, "We haven't received any letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or mentioned anything bad about you. Literal Standard Version And they said to him, “We neither received letters concerning you from Judea, nor did anyone who came of the brothers declare or speak any evil concerning you, Majority Standard Bible The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you. New American Bible They answered him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor has any of the brothers arrived with a damaging report or rumor about you. NET Bible They replied, "We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you. New Revised Standard Version They replied, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, and none of the brothers coming here has reported or spoken anything evil about you. New Heart English Bible They said to him, "We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you. Webster's Bible Translation And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning thee, neither have any of the brethren that came shown or spoken any harm of thee. Weymouth New Testament "For our part," they replied, "we have not received any letters from Judaea about you, nor have any of our countrymen come here and reported or stated anything to your disadvantage. World English Bible They said to him, “We neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor did any of the brothers come here and report or speak any evil of you. Young's Literal Translation And they said unto him, 'We did neither receive letters concerning thee from Judea, nor did any one who came of the brethren declare or speak any evil concerning thee, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Paul Preaches at Rome…20So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.” 21 The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you. 22But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”… Cross References Acts 3:17 And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. Acts 22:5 as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished. Acts 28:14 There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome. Romans 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood, Treasury of Scripture And they said to him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning you, neither any of the brothers that came showed or spoke any harm of you. We. Exodus 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. Isaiah 41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Isaiah 50:8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. Jump to Previous Account Arrived Bad Countrymen Evil Harm Hither Judaea Judea Letters Part Received Report Reported Shewed Shown Speak StatedJump to Next Account Arrived Bad Countrymen Evil Harm Hither Judaea Judea Letters Part Received Report Reported Shewed Shown Speak StatedActs 28 1. Paul, after his shipwreck, is kindly entertained on Malta.5. The snake on his hand hurts him not. 8. He heals many diseases in the island. 11. They depart toward Rome. 17. He declares to the Jews the cause of his coming. 24. After his preaching some were persuaded, and some believed not. 30. Yet he preaches there two years. (21) We neither received letters out of Judsea concerning thee . . .--It seems strange at first that no tidings should have come from Jerusalem of what had passed there in connection with St. Paul's imprisonment. There was, however, hardly likely to have been time for any letters since his appeal. He had sailed somewhat late in the autumn, immediately after he had made it (Acts 25:13; Acts 27:1), and all communication by sea was suspended during the winter months. And it may be noted further that the Jews do not say that they had heard absolutely nothing about him, but that those who had come had spoken nothing evil of him. What they had heard by casual rumour may well have been consistent with St. James's statement that "he walked orderly, and observed the Law" (Acts 21:20). It has been urged that the decree of Claudius had suspended the intercourse between the Jews of Rome and those of Jerusalem; but as the former had returned before he wrote the Epistle to the Romans, this is hardly a tenable explanation. It may, however, be taken into account that among the Jews who had returned to Rome would be not a few of those who had known St. Paul at Corinth, and were willing to bear their testimony to his character.Verse 21. - From for out of, A.V.; nor for neither, A.V.; did any of the brethren come hither and report or speak for any of the brethren that came showed or spake, A.V. Nor did any of the brethren come hither, etc. This is no improvement on the A.V.; for it implies that they denied that any special messenger had been sent to speak harm of Paul, which nobody could have thought had been done. What they meant to say is exactly what the A.V. makes them say, viz. that, neither by special letters, nor by message nor casual information brought by Jews coming to Rome from Judaea, had they heard any harm of him. This seems odd; but as the Jews had no apparent motive for not speaking the truth, we must accept it as true. The expulsion of the Jews from Rome by Claudius (Acts 18:1) may have slackened the intercourse between Judaea and Rome; the attention of the Jews may have been absorbed by their accusation of Felix; there had been a very short interval between Paul's appeal and his departure for Rome; he had only been at Rome three days, and so it is very possible that no report had yet reached Rome concerning him at this early season of the year. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [The leaders] replied,εἶπαν (eipan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. “We Ἡμεῖς (Hēmeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. have not received ἐδεξάμεθα (edexametha) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Plural Strong's 1209: To take, receive, accept, welcome. Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive. [any] letters γράμματα (grammata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 1121: From grapho; a writing, i.e. A letter, note, epistle, book, etc. plural learning. about περὶ (peri) Preposition Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time. you σοῦ (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. Judea, Ἰουδαίας (Ioudaias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 2449: Judea, a Roman province, capital Jerusalem. Feminine of Ioudaios; the Judaean land, a region of Palestine. nor οὔτε (oute) Conjunction Strong's 3777: And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even. {have} any τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. of the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. brothers ἀδελφῶν (adelphōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote. [from there] παραγενόμενός (paragenomenos) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3854: From para and ginomai; to become near, i.e. Approach; by implication, to appear publicly. reported ἀπήγγειλεν (apēngeilen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 518: To report (from one place to another), bring a report, announce, declare. From apo and the base of aggelos; to announce. or even ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. mentioned ἐλάλησέν (elalēsen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2980: A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words. anything τι (ti) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. bad πονηρόν (ponēron) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 4190: Evil, bad, wicked, malicious, slothful. about περὶ (peri) Preposition Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time. you. σοῦ (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Links Acts 28:21 NIVActs 28:21 NLT Acts 28:21 ESV Acts 28:21 NASB Acts 28:21 KJV Acts 28:21 BibleApps.com Acts 28:21 Biblia Paralela Acts 28:21 Chinese Bible Acts 28:21 French Bible Acts 28:21 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 28:21 They said to him We neither received (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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