Acts 23:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And when he had read it, he asked of what province he was; and when he understood that he was of Cilicia,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀναγνοὺς δὲ ὁ ἡγεμών, καὶ ἐπερωτήσας ἐκ ποίας ἐπαρχίας ἐστίν. Καὶ πυθόμενος ὅτι ἀπὸ Κιλικίας·

Transliteration

Anagnous de the hēgemōn, and eperōtēsas from what eparchias estin. And pythomenos that from Kilikias;

Grammar Details

*Anagnous*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having read
*de*: postpositive particle - but/and
*hēgemōn*: nominative masculine singular - governor
*eperōtēsas*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having questioned
*eparchias*: genitive feminine singular - province
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he is
*pythomenos*: aorist middle participle, nominative masculine singular - having learned
*Kilikias*: genitive feminine singular - Cilicia

Word Meanings

*Anagnous*: having read/read through
*hēgemōn*: governor/ruler/prefect
*eperōtēsas*: having asked/questioned/inquired
*eparchias*: province/district
*pythomenos*: having learned/understood/ascertained
*Kilikias*: Cilicia (Roman province in southeast Asia Minor)

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Referenced Verses

Acts 21:39 : 39 But Paul said, I am a {G444} {G3303} Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, give me leave to speak unto the people.
Acts 25:1 : 1 Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Esth 1:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),
Esth 8:9 : 9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Dan 2:49 : 49 And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.
Dan 6:1 : 1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
Luke 23:6 : 6 But when Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
Acts 6:9 : 9 But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Acts 15:41 : 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

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