Acts 25:20

NETBible

Because I was at a loss 1  how I could investigate these matters, 2  I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried 3  there on these charges. 4 

NIV ©

I was at a loss how to investigate such matters; so I asked if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and stand trial there on these charges.

NASB ©

"Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

NLT ©

I was perplexed as to how to conduct an investigation of this kind, and I asked him whether he would be willing to stand trial on these charges in Jerusalem.

MSG ©

Since I'm a newcomer here and don't understand everything involved in cases like this, I asked if he'd be willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there.

BBE ©

And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.

NRSV ©

Since I was at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

NKJV ©

"And because I was uncertain of such questions, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.

KJV
And
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because I
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doubted
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of
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such
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manner
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of questions
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I asked
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[him] whether
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he would
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go
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to
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Jerusalem
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and there
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be judged
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of
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these matters
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{I doubted...: or, I was doubtful how to enquire hereof}
NASB ©
"Being
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at a loss
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how
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to investigate
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such
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matters, I asked
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whether
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he was willing
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to go
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to Jerusalem
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and there
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stand
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trial
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on these
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matters.
NET [draft] ITL
Because I was at a loss
<639>
how I
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could investigate
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these matters
<5130>
, I asked
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if
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he were willing
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to go
<4198>
to
<1519>
Jerusalem
<2414>
and
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be tried
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there
<2546>
on
<4012>
these charges
<5130>
.
GREEK
aporoumenov
<639> (5734)
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de
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CONJ
egw
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P-1NS
thn
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T-ASF
peri
<4012>
PREP
toutwn
<5130>
D-GPN
zhthsin
<2214>
N-ASF
elegon
<3004> (5707)
V-IAI-1S
ei
<1487>
COND
bouloito
<1014> (5739)
V-PNO-3S
poreuesyai
<4198> (5738)
V-PNN
eiv
<1519>
PREP
ierosoluma
<2414>
N-ASF
kakei
<2546>
ADV-C
krinesyai
<2919> (5745)
V-PPN
peri
<4012>
PREP
toutwn
<5130>
D-GPN
NETBible

Because I was at a loss 1  how I could investigate these matters, 2  I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried 3  there on these charges. 4 

NET Notes

1 tn Or “Because I was undecided.” Grk “Being at a loss.” The participle ἀπορούμενος (aporoumeno") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

2 tn L&N 27.34 states, “ἀπορούμενος δὲ ἐγὼ τὴν περὶ τούτων ζήτησιν ‘I was undecided about how I could get information on these matters’ Ac 25:20. The clause ‘about how I could get information on these matters’ may also be rendered as ‘about how I should try to find out about these matters’ or ‘about how I could learn about these matters.’”

3 tn Or “stand trial.”

4 tn Grk “on these things.”