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Acts 21:39

NETBible	Paul answered,¹ “I am a Jew² from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city.³ Please⁴ allow me to speak to the people.”
NIV © biblegateway Act 21:39	Paul answered, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people."
NASB © biblegateway Act 21:39	But Paul said, "I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people."
NLT © biblegateway Act 21:39	"No," Paul replied, "I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, which is an important city. Please, let me talk to these people."
MSG © biblegateway Act 21:39	Paul said, "No, I'm a Jew, born in Tarsus. And I'm a citizen still of that influential city. I have a simple request: Let me speak to the crowd."
BBE © SABDAweb Act 21:39	But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.
NRSV © bibleoremus Act 21:39	Paul replied, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city; I beg you, let me speak to the people."
NKJV © biblegateway Act 21:39	But Paul said, "I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I implore you, permit me to speak to the people."
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KJV	But <1161> Paul <3972> said <2036> (5627)_, I <1473> am <1510> (5748) <3303> a man <444> [which am] a Jew <2453> of Tarsus <5018>_, [a city] in Cilicia <2791>_, a citizen <4177> of no <3756> mean <767> city <4172>_: and <1161>_, I beseech <1189> (5736) thee <4675>_, suffer <2010> (5657) me <3427> to speak <2980> (5658) unto <4314> the people <2992>_.
NASB © biblegateway Act 21:39	But Paul <3972> said <3004> , "I am <1510> a Jew <2453> of Tarsus <5018> in Cilicia <2791> , a citizen <4177> of no <3756> insignificant <767> city <4172> ; and I beg <1189> you, allow <2010> me to speak <2980> to the people <2992> ."
NET [draft] ITL	Paul <3972> answered <2036> , “I <1473> am <1510> a Jew <2453> from Tarsus <5018> in Cilicia <2791> , a citizen <4177> of an important <767> city <4172> . Please allow <2010> me <3427> to speak <2980> to <4314> the people <2992> .”
GREEK	eipen o paulov egw anyrwpov men eimi tarseuv thv kilikiav ouk ashmou polewv polithv deomai sou epitreqon lalhsai ton laon

NETBible

Paul answered,¹ “I am a Jew² from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city.³ Please⁴ allow me to speak to the people.”

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “said.”

²tn Grk “a Jewish man.”

³tn Grk “of a not insignificant city.” The double negative, common in Greek, is awkward in English and has been replaced by a corresponding positive expression (BDAG 142 s.v. ἄσημος 1).

⁴tn Grk “I beg you.”