Acts 17:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

👥 Who is this for?

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Pastors and teachers
Seminary students
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Acts 17:32
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1After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
Acts 19:9
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9But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning {G2596} daily in the school of Tyrannus.
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1And after the uproar ceased, Paul having sent for the disciples and exhorted them, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia.
Acts 13:13
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13Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
Acts 14:19-20
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19But there came Jews thither from Antioch and Iconium: and having persuaded the multitudes, {G2532} they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
20But as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and entered into the city: and on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe.
Acts 22:21-22
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21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.
22And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
Acts 17:14-19
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14And then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul to go as far as to the sea: and {G5037} Silas and Timothy abode there still.
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16Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.
17So {G3767} he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with them that met him.
18And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What {G302} would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached {G846} Jesus and the resurrection.
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Acts 15:38-40
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38But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted asunder one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark with him, and sailed away unto Cyprus;
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Acts 26:30
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30And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Acts 28:24-25
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24And some believed the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.
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Acts 18:19-20
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19And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
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Acts 17:9-10
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9And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
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Acts 19:41
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