As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.Acts 21:37
Original language and places
Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.
Original language (Greek)
μέλλων τε εἰσάγεσθαι εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ὁ Παῦλος λέγει τῷ χιλιάρχῳ· εἰ ἔξεστίν μοι εἰπεῖν τι πρὸς σέ; ὁ δὲ ἔφη· ἑλληνιστὶ γινώσκεις;
- μέλλωνmellōn“Being about”Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from μέλλω · “to ensue” · Strong's G3195
- τεte“then”Conjunction · “and/both” · Strong's G5037
- εἰσάγεσθαιeisagesthai“to be brought”Verb, present, passive, infinitive · from εἰσάγω · “to bring in” · Strong's G1521
- εἰςeis“into”Preposition · “toward” · Strong's G1519
- τὴνtēn“the”Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- παρεμβολὴνparembolēn“barracks”Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from παρεμβολή · “barracks” · Strong's G3925
- ὁho“<the>”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- ΠαῦλοςPaulos“Paul”Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “Paul” · Strong's G3972G
- λέγειlegei“says”Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
- τῷtō“to the”Article, dative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- χιλιάρχῳ·chiliarchō“commander;”Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from χιλίαρχος · “military officer” · Strong's G5506
- εἰei“If”Conditional · “if” · Strong's G1487I
- ἔξεστίνexestin“is it permitted”Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἔξεστι, ἐξόν · “it is permitted” · Strong's G1832
- μοιmoi“to me”Personal pronoun, 1st person, dative, singular · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
- εἰπεῖνeipein“to say”Verb, 2nd aorist, active, infinitive · from ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον · “to say” · Strong's G2036
- τιti“something”Indefinite pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter · from τις · “one” · Strong's G5100
- πρὸςpros“to”Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
- σέ;se“you?”Personal pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
- ὁho“<the>”Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- δὲde“Then”Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
- ἔφη·ephē“he was saying;”Verb, imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from φημί · “to say” · Strong's G5346
- ἑλληνιστὶhellēnisti“Greek”Adverb · from Ἑλληνιστί · “in Greek” · Strong's G1676
- γινώσκεις;ginōskeis“do you know?”Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person singular · from γινώσκω · “to know” · Strong's G1097
- Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)