Acts 28:22

Greek	ἀξιοῦμεν δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. παρὰ σοῦ ἀκοῦσαι ἃ φρονεῖς, περὶ μὲν γὰρ τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article αἱρέσεως ταύτηςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὗτος / αὕτη /τοῦτο greek Meaning: * These or this * This one, this person, this thing * They or he or she or it Demonstrative pronoun. οὗτος usually refers to something close to the speaker — “this” as opposed to ἐκεῖνος (John 9:161 John 5:111 Corinthians 15:501 John 4:9John 5:1Matthew 3:17John 7:26Luke 22:19 γνωστὸν ἡμῖν ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ὅτι πανταχοῦ ἀντιλέγεται.
ESV	But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.“
NIV	But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.“
NLT	But we want to hear what you believe, for the only thing we know about this movement is that it is denounced everywhere.“
KJV	But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

^{Acts 28:21 ← Acts 28:22 → Acts 28:23}

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