ACTs 26:29 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “I hope to God”, said Paul, “whether it takes a short time or a long time, that both you and the others listening today will become just like me except for these chains.”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But Paul replied, “I would wish to God, either in little or in much, that not only you but also all the ones hearing me today would become such as I also am—without these chains.”

UST Paul replied, “Perhaps you need to hear more, or perhaps you could decide now. But either way, I pray to God that you and all of the others who are listening to me today will become like me, except for these chains!”

BSB § “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

BLB Then Paul said, "I would wish anyhow to God, both in a little and in much, not only you but also all those hearing me this day to become such as I also am, except these chains."

AICNT But Paul said, “I would pray to God that whether {in a short time or a long time},[fn] not only you but also all who hear me today might become such as I am, except for these chains.”

26:29, in a short time or a long time: Some manuscripts read “with a little or much.”

OEB ‘Whether it is soon or late,’ answered Paul, ‘I pray to God that not only you, but all who are listening to me, might today become just what I am myself – except for these chains!’

WEBBE Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Paul replied, “I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”

LSV And Paul said, “I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only you, but also all those hearing me today, to become such as I also am—except these bonds.”

FBV “Whether it takes a short time or a long time doesn't matter,” Paul answered. “But my prayer to God is that not just you, but everybody listening to me today would become like me—except for these chains!”

TCNT Paul said, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that not only yoʋ but also all who are listening to me today would become as I am, except for these chains.”

T4T Paul replied, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, it does not matter. I pray to God that you and also all of the others who are listening to me today will also believe in Jesus like I do, but I do not want you to become prisoners [MTY] like I am.”

LEB And Paul replied, “I pray to God, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all those who are listening to me today may become such people as I also am, except for these bonds!”

BBE And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.

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Wymth "My prayer to God, whether briefly or at length," replied Paul, "would be that not only you but all who are my hearers to-day, might become such as I am—except these chains."

ASV And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.

DRA And Paul said: I would to God, that both in a little and in much, not only thou, but also all that hear me, this day, should become such as I also am, except these bands.

YLT and Paul said, 'I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am — except these bonds.'

Drby And Paul [said], I would to [fn]God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as I also am, except these bonds.

26.29 Elohim

RV And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.

Wbstr And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

KJB-1769 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
(And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou/you, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. )

KJB-1611 And Paul said, I would to God, that not onely thou, but also all that heare mee this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And Paul sayde: I woulde to God, that not only thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both somewhat, and also in a great deale, such as I am, except these bondes.
(And Paul said: I would to God, that not only thou/you, but also all that hear me to day, were both somewhat, and also in a great deale, such as I am, except these bondes.)

Gnva Then Paul sayd, I would to God that not onely thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
(Then Paul said, I would to God that not only thou/you, but also all that hear me to day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. )

Cvdl Paul sayde: I wolde to God, that (not onely in a parte but alltogether,) I mighte persuade not the onely, but all them that heare me this daye, to be soch I am, these bondes excepte.
(Paul said: I would to God, that (not only in a part but alltogether,) I might persuade not the only, but all them that hear me this day, to be such I am, these bondes excepte.)

TNT And Paul sayd: I wolde to God that not only thou: but also all that heare me to daye were not sumwhat only but altogeder soche as I am except these bondes.
(And Paul said: I would to God that not only thou: but also all that hear me to day were not somewhat only but altogeder soche as I am except these bondes. )

Wycl And Poul seide, Y desire anentis God, bothe in litil and in greet, not oneli thee, but alle these that heren to dai, to be maad sich as Y am, outakun these boondis.
(And Poul said, I desire anentis God, both in little and in greet, not oneli thee/you, but all these that heren today, to be made such as I am, outakun these boondis.)

Luth Paulus aber sprach: Ich wünschte vor GOtt, es fehlte an viel oder an wenig, daß nicht alleine du, sondern alle, die mich heute hören, solche würden, wie ich bin, ausgenommen diese Bande.
(Paulus but spoke: I wünschte before/in_front_of God, it fehlte at many or at wenig, that not alleine you, rather all, the me heute listenn, such würden, like I am, ausgenommen this/these Bande.)

ClVg Et Paulus: Opto apud Deum, et in modico et in magno, non tantum te, sed etiam omnes qui audiunt hodie fieri tales, qualis et ego sum, exceptis vinculis his.
(And Paulus: Opto apud God, and in modico and in magno, not/no only you(sg), but also everyone who audiunt hodie to_be_done tales, such_as and I I_am, exceptis vinculis his. )

UGNT ὁ δὲ Παῦλος, εὐξαίμην ἂν τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐν ὀλίγῳ καὶ ἐν μεγάλῳ, οὐ μόνον σὲ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντάς μου σήμερον, γενέσθαι τοιούτους ὁποῖος κἀγὼ εἰμι, παρεκτὸς τῶν δεσμῶν τούτων.
(ho de Paulos, euxaimaʸn an tōi Theōi, kai en oligōi kai en megalōi, ou monon se, alla kai pantas tous akouontas mou saʸmeron, genesthai toioutous hopoios kagō eimi, parektos tōn desmōn toutōn.)

SBL-GNT ὁ δὲ ⸀Παῦλος· Εὐξαίμην ἂν τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐν ὀλίγῳ καὶ ἐν ⸀μεγάλῳ οὐ μόνον σὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντάς μου σήμερον γενέσθαι τοιούτους ὁποῖος καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι παρεκτὸς τῶν δεσμῶν τούτων.
(ho de ⸀Paulos; Euxaimaʸn an tōi theōi kai en oligōi kai en ⸀megalōi ou monon se alla kai pantas tous akouontas mou saʸmeron genesthai toioutous hopoios kai egō eimi parektos tōn desmōn toutōn.)

TC-GNT Ὁ δὲ Παῦλος [fn]εἶπεν, Εὐξαίμην ἂν τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐν ὀλίγῳ καὶ ἐν [fn]πολλῷ οὐ μόνον σέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντάς μου σήμερον, γενέσθαι τοιούτους ὁποῖος [fn]κἀγώ εἰμι, παρεκτὸς τῶν δεσμῶν τούτων.
(Ho de Paulos eipen, Euxaimaʸn an tōi Theōi, kai en oligōi kai en pollōi ou monon se, alla kai pantas tous akouontas mou saʸmeron, genesthai toioutous hopoios kagō eimi, parektos tōn desmōn toutōn. )

26:29 ειπεν ¦ — CT

26:29 πολλω ¦ μεγαλω CT

26:29 καγω ¦ και εγω ECM NA SBL WH

Key for above GNTs: orange:accents differ, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

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Paul Is Imprisoned for the Gospel

As the book of Acts attests, Paul was no stranger to imprisonment, and he catalogued his incarcerations among his many credentials of suffering that affirmed his legitimacy as an apostle to the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 6:4-5). The first mention of Paul being imprisoned is when he and Silas were arrested in Philippi after exorcising a spirit of divination from a slave girl (Acts 16). Paul’s actions angered the girl’s owners, since the men were no longer able to make money off of the girl’s fortune telling abilities. Later in his letter to the Corinthians, Paul notes that he had already suffered multiple imprisonments (2 Corinthians 11:23), making it clear that not all of Paul’s imprisonments and other sufferings were recorded in Scripture. The next imprisonment explicitly mentioned in Scripture is when Paul was arrested in the Temple in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey (Acts 21:27-34). Soon after this Paul was sent to Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast, where he remained in prison for two years (Acts 23-26; see “Paul Is Transferred to Caesarea” map). This may be where Paul penned the letters commonly known as the Prison Epistles (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon). At the end of this time Paul appealed his case to Caesar and was sent to Rome, where he spent another two years under house arrest awaiting his trial before Caesar (Acts 28:16-31). If Paul did not write his Prison Epistles while he was at Caesarea, then it is likely that he wrote them from Rome during this time. The next time we hear of Paul being imprisoned is likely several years later in his second letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:8-17; 2:9; 4:9-21). Though it is not certain, the tone of Paul’s writing during this time of imprisonment, which seems markedly more somber than the optimistic outlook he seems to have about his incarceration during the writing of the Prison Epistles (e.g., Philippians 1:21-26; Philemon 1:22), suggests that this incarceration was not the same as his house arrest. If so, then it is possible that between his first and second incarcerations in Rome Paul fulfilled his intention to travel to Spain to continue spreading the gospel (Romans 15:22-28). Just prior to his second incarceration in Rome, Paul had informed Titus that he planned to spend the winter in Nicopolis northwest of Achaia and asked him to meet him there (Titus 3:12). Perhaps it was around this time or soon after that he was arrested once again and brought to Rome. Paul’s ultimate fate is not noted in Scripture, but tradition (Clement, Dionysius, Eusebius, and Tertullian) attests that this final imprisonment of Paul took place at what is now called Mamertine Prison. During Paul’s time this was the only prison in Rome and was called simply “the Prison,” and it was not typically used for long term incarceration but rather for holding those awaiting imminent execution. There, during the reign of Nero, Paul met his earthly death by the sword and was received into eternal life by his loving Savior, whom he had served so long.

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