After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, “Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known.”
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- KJV And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
- BSB After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
- ESV After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.”
- NKJV And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, “Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.”
- NASB A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “You really are one of them as well, since even the way you talk gives you away.”
- NLT A little later some of the other bystanders came over to Peter and said, “You must be one of them; we can tell by your Galilean accent.”
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- Judg 12:6then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it right: then they seized him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
- John 18:26–27One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”
- Neh 13:24and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
- Luke 22:59–60After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!”
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