Acts 16:39

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐλθόντες παρεκάλεσαν αὐτούς, καὶ ἐξαγαγόντες, ἠρώτων ἐξελθεῖν τῆς πόλεως.

Transliteration

And elthontes parekalesan them, and exagagontes, ērōtōn exelthein of the poleōs.

Grammar Details

*elthontes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having come
*parekalesan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - they appeased/consoled
*exagagontes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having brought out
*ērōtōn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were asking
*exelthein*: aorist active infinitive - to go out/depart
*poleōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - city

Word Meanings

*elthontes*: having come/having arrived
*parekalesan*: they appeased/consoled/urged/begged
*exagagontes*: having brought out/having led out
*ērōtōn*: they were asking/they were requesting/they were begging
*exelthein*: to go out/depart/leave

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Referenced Verses

Matt 8:34 : 34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would depart from their borders.
Mark 5:17 : 17 And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.
Exod 11:8 : 8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
Isa 45:14 : 14 Thus saith Jehovah, The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall go after thee, in chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, [saying], Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Isa 60:14 : 14 And the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Dan 6:16 : 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
Dan 6:23 : 23 Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.
Mic 7:9-9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness. 10 Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see [my desire] upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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