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Acts 16:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 20 Leading them up to the civil magistrates, they said: “These men are disturbing our city very much.+ They are Jews,

Acts 16:20

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 20 καὶ and προσαγαγόντες having led toward αὐτοὺς them τοῖς to the στρατηγοῖς praetors εἶπαν they said Οὗτοι These οἱ the ἄνθρωποι men ἐκταράσσουσιν are agitating out ἡμῶν of us τὴν the πόλιν city Ἰουδαῖοι Jews ὑπάρχοντες, existing,

Acts 16:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 20 and, leading them up to the civil magistrates, they said: “These men are disturbing+ our city very much, they being Jews,

Acts 16:20

The Bible in Living English
- 20 and brought them to the praetors and said “These men are agitating our city, when they are Jews,

Acts 16:20

American Standard Version
- 20 and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

Acts 16:20

The Emphasized Bible
- 20 and leading them forward unto the magistrates said—These men are exceedingly troubling our city they being Jews,

Acts 16:20

King James Version
- 20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

Acts Study Notes—Chapter 16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 16:20
  
  the civil magistrates: The plural form of the Greek term stra·te·gosʹ here denotes the highest officials of the Roman colony of Philippi. These had the duties of keeping order, administering finances, trying and judging violators of the law, and ordering punishment.