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  • Galatians 2:13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 13 The rest of the Jews also joined him in putting on this pretense,* so that even Barʹna·bas was led along with them in their pretense.*

  • Galatians 2:13
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 13 καὶ And συνυπεκρίθησαν they made pretense together αὐτῷ to him καὶ also οἱ the λοιποὶ leftover Ἰουδαῖοι, Jews, ὥστε as-and καὶ also Βαρνάβας Barnabas συναπήχθη was led off together αὐτῶν of them τῇ to the ὑποκρίσει. hypocrisy.

  • Galatians 2:13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 13 The rest of the Jews also joined him in putting on this pretense,+ so that even Barʹna·bas+ was led along with them in their pretense.*

  • Galatians 2:13
    The Bible in Living English
    • 13 and the rest of the Jews played the hypocrite together with him, so that even Barnabas was carried along with their hypocrisy;

  • Galatians 2:13
    American Standard Version
    • 13 And the rest of the Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation.

  • Galatians 2:13
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 13 And the rest of the Jews [also] used hypocrisy with him, So that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.

  • Galatians 2:13
    King James Version
    • 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

  • Galatians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 2:13 g82 9/8 27; w63 659; bf 439

  • Galatians Study Notes—Chapter 2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 2:13

      joined him in putting on this pretense . . . in their pretense: Two related Greek expressions occur here, a verb (sy·ny·po·kriʹno·mai) and a noun (hy·poʹkri·sis). Both were originally used to refer to Greek stage actors who wore masks when playing their parts. The second occurrence of “pretense” in this verse is rendered from the noun. That noun occurs six times in the Christian Greek Scriptures and is rendered “hypocrisy” elsewhere. (Mt 23:28; Mr 12:15; Lu 12:1; 1Ti 4:2; 1Pe 2:1; on the related word “hypocrite,” see study notes on Mt 6:2; Lu 6:42.) According to some lexicons, the Greek verb rendered “joined . . . in putting on this pretense” is here used figuratively, meaning “to join in playing a part or pretending” or “to join in hypocrisy.”

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