Acts
Acts 10:47
47“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
Word by word
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can | δύναται | dynatai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1410 I am powerful, am able |
| anyone | τις | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| withhold | κωλῦσαί | kōlysai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G2967 I prevent, hinder |
| the | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| water | ὕδωρ | hydōr | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5204 water |
| to baptize | βαπτισθῆναι | baptisthēnai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive | G907 I dip, submerge, baptize |
| these | τούτους | toutous | Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G3778 this, he, she, it |
| have received | ἔλαβον | elabon | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2983 I receive, take |
| the | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| Holy | Ἅγιον | Hagion | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G40 set apart, holy, sacred |
| Spirit | Πνεῦμα | Pneuma | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G4151 wind, breath, spirit |
| just as | ὡς | hōs | Adverb | G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that |
| we | ἡμεῖς | hēmeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 8:36 · Romans 10:12 · Acts 11:15–17 · Acts 15:8–9 · Genesis 17:24–26
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.