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  • Acts 21:14
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 14 When he would not be dissuaded, we stopped objecting* and said: “Let the will of Jehovah* take place.”

  • Acts 21:14
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 14 μὴ Not πειθομένου being persuaded δὲ but αὐτοῦ of him ἡσυχάσαμεν we became silent εἰπόντες having said Τοῦ Of the κυρίου Lord τὸ the θέλημα will γινέσθω. let be occurring.

  • Acts 21:14
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 14 When he would not be dissuaded, we acquiesced with the words: “Let the will+ of Jehovah* take place.”

  • Acts 21:14
    The Bible in Living English
    • 14 And as he would not take the advice we dropped the matter, saying “The Lord’s will be done.”

  • Acts 21:14
    American Standard Version
    • 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

  • Acts 21:14
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 14 And as he was not to be persuaded we ceased, saying—The Lord’s will be done!

  • Acts 21:14
    King James Version
    • 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

  • Acts
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 21:14 bt 178

  • Acts
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 21:14 w51 378

  • Acts
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 21:14

      Bearing Witness, p. 178

  • Acts Study Notes—Chapter 21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 21:14

      the will of Jehovah: The Greek term for “will” (theʹle·ma), as used in the Christian Greek Scriptures, is most often connected with God’s will. (Mt 7:21; 12:50; Mr 3:35; Ro 12:2; 1Co 1:1; Heb 10:36; 1Pe 2:15; 4:2; 1Jo 2:17) In the Septuagint, the Greek term theʹle·ma is often used to translate Hebrew expressions for God’s will, or delight, and can be found in passages where the divine name occurs in the original Hebrew text. (Ps 40:8, 9 [39:9, 10, LXX]; 103:21 [102:21, LXX]; 143:9-11 [142:9-11, LXX]; Isa 44:24, 28; Jer 9:24 [9:23, LXX]; Mal 1:10) Jesus expressed a similar thought when he, according to Mt 26:42, prayed to his Father: “Let your will take place.”​—See App. C3 introduction; Ac 21:14.

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