Acts 16:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

On the Sabbath, we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τῇ τε ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων ἐξήλθομεν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως παρὰ ποταμόν, οὗ ἐνομίζετο προσευχὴ εἶναι· καὶ καθίσαντες, ἐλαλοῦμεν ταῖς συνελθούσαις γυναιξίν.

Transliteration

On the te hēmera of the sabbatōn exēlthomen outside of the poleōs beside potamon, where enomizeto proseuchē einai; and kathisantes, elaloumen to the synelthousais gynaixin.

Grammar Details

• *te*: connective particle - and/both
• *hēmera*: dative, feminine, singular - day
• *sabbatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - sabbaths
• *exēlthomen*: aorist active indicative, 1st plural - we went out
• *poleōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - city
• *potamon*: accusative, masculine, singular - river
• *enomizeto*: imperfect passive indicative, 3rd singular - was customary
• *proseuchē*: nominative, feminine, singular - place of prayer
• *einai*: present active infinitive - to be
• *kathisantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having sat down
• *elaloumen*: imperfect active indicative, 1st plural - we were speaking
• *synelthousais*: aorist active participle, dative, feminine, plural - having come together
• *gynaixin*: dative, feminine, plural - women

Word Meanings

• *sabbatōn*: sabbaths/week
• *exēlthomen*: we went out/we departed
• *enomizeto*: was customary/was supposed/was thought
• *proseuchē*: place of prayer/prayer meeting
• *kathisantes*: having sat down/having been seated
• *elaloumen*: we were speaking/talking/conversing

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And on the saboth dayes we went out of the cite besydes a ryver where men were wont to praye and we sate doune and spake vnto the wemen which resorted thyther.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  On the daye of the Sabbathes wete we out of the cite besyde the water, where men were wonte to praye, and we sat downe, and spake vnto the wemen that resorted thither.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, besides a Riuer, where they were wont to pray: and we sate downe, and spake vnto the women, which were come together.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And on the day of the Sabbothes, we went out of the citie, besydes a ryuer, where prayer was wont to be made: And we sate downe, and spake vnto the women which resorted thyther.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted [thither].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  on the sabbath-day also we went forth outside of the city, by a river, where there used to be prayer, and having sat down, we were speaking to the women who came together,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And on the sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spake unto the women that were come together.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.

• World English Bible (2000)

  On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 13:14 : 14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
• Acts 13:42 : 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
• Acts 16:6 : 6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia,
• Acts 17:2 : 2 And Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the scriptures,
• Acts 18:4 : 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
• Acts 20:7 : 7 Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart the next day, and continued his message until midnight.
• Acts 21:5 : 5 And when we had completed those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all accompanied us, with wives and children, until we were out of the city: and we knelt down on the shore and prayed.
• Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Col 1:23 : 23 If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature under heaven; of which I, Paul, am made a minister;
• Matt 5:1-2 : 1 And seeing the crowds, he went up on a mountain: and when he sat down, his disciples came to him: 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
• Matt 13:2 : 2 And a great multitude gathered to Him, so He went into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.
• Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Luke 4:20-21 : 20 And he closed the book, and gave it back to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all those in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.
• Luke 13:10 : 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
• John 8:2 : 2 And early in the morning he returned to the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down, and taught them.