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Paul Visits Philip the Evangelist

Acts 21:14

In 9 translations

BSB
When he would not be dissuaded, we fell silent and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
KJV
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
WEB
When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”
ASV
And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
LSV
and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, “The will of the LORD be done.”
YLT
and he not being persuaded, we were silent, saying, 'The will of the Lord be done.'
DBY
And when he would not be persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
DRC
And when we could not persuade him, we ceased, saying: The will of the Lord be done.
GNV
So when he would not be perswaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read γινέσθω.¶ (“should be [done]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read γενέσθω (“should be [done]”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place τοῦ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place κυρίου elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: Τοῦ κυρίου τὸ θέλημα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Τοῦ κυρίου τὸ θέλημα; Robinson–Pierpont read Τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου.
  • SBLGNT: γινέσθω. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read γινέσθω; Robinson–Pierpont read γενέσθω.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
μὴ πειθομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ ἡσυχάσαμεν εἰπόντες· Τοῦ κυρίου τὸ θέλημα γινέσθω.
RP2018
Μὴ πειθομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ, ἡσυχάσαμεν εἰπόντες, Τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου γενέσθω.
TR-Boyd
Μὴ πειθομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ, ἡσυχάσαμεν εἰπόντες, Τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Κυρίου γενέσθω.
SCR1894
μη πειθομενου δε αυτου ησυχασαμεν ειποντες το θελημα του κυριου γενεσθω

Who and where

👤 Jesus Christ◆ Voyage from Miletus to Jerusalem

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 22:42“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
  • Matthew 26:42A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
  • Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
  • Matthew 6:10Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
  • 2 Samuel 15:25–26Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again. But if He should say, ‘I do not…
  • 2 Kings 20:19But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
  • Genesis 43:14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
  • 1 Samuel 3:18So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
  • Luke 11:2So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

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