Acts 24:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Or let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἢ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι εἰπάτωσαν, εἴ τι εὗρον ἐν ἐμοὶ ἀδίκημα, στάντος μου ἐπὶ τοῦ συνεδρίου,

Transliteration

Or themselves these let eipatōsan, if anything they heuron in me adikēma, stantos me before the synedriou,

Grammar Details

• *eipatōsan*: aorist active imperative, 3rd plural - let them say
• *heuron*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - they found
• *adikēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - wrongdoing/offense
• *stantos*: aorist active participle, genitive, masculine, singular - having stood
• *synedriou*: genitive, neuter, singular - council/Sanhedrin

Word Meanings

• *eipatōsan*: let them say/tell/speak
• *adikēma*: wrongdoing/offense/unjust deed
• *stantos*: having stood/when I stood
• *synedriou*: council/Sanhedrin/Jewish high court

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Or else let those who are here say, if they found any wrongdoing in me, while I stood before the council,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or else{G2228} let{G2036} these{G3778} men themselves{G846} say{G2036} what{G1487} wrong-doing{G92} they found{G2147} when I{G3450} stood{G2476} before{G1909} the council,{G4892}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Or else{G2228} let{G2036} these{G846} same{G3778} here say{G2036}{(G5628)}, if{G1536} they have found{G2147}{(G5627)} any{G1536} evil doing{G92} in{G1722} me{G1698}, while I{G3450} stood{G2476}{(G5631)} before{G1909} the council{G4892},

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  or els let these same here saye if they have founde eny evyll doinge in me whill I stonde here in ye counsell:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  or els lett these same here saye, yf they haue founde eny vnrighteousnes in me, whyle I stonde here before ye councell:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Or let these themselues say, if they haue found any vniust thing in mee, while I stoode in the Council,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Or els let these same here say, yf they haue founde any euyll doyng in me, whyle I stande here in the counsell:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Or else let these same [here] say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  or let these same say if they found any unrighteousness in me in my standing before the sanhedrim,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Or else let these men themselves say what wrong-doing they found when I stood before the council,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,