Acts
Acts 11:2–3
2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believersa took issue with him 3and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
Footnotes
- a 11:2 Literally those of the circumcision
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Acts 11:2
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| when | Ὅτε | Hote | Adverb | G3753 when |
| Peter | Πέτρος | Petros | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G4074 Peter |
| went up | ἀνέβη | anebē | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G305 I go up, mount, ascend |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| Jerusalem | Ἰερουσαλήμ | Ierousalēm | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2419 Jerusalem |
| circumcised | περιτομῆς | peritomēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G4061 circumcision |
| took issue | διεκρίνοντο | diekrinonto | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural | G1252 I distinguish, discern, doubt, hesitate |
| with | πρὸς | pros | Preposition | G4314 to, towards, with |
| him | αὐτὸν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
Acts 11:3
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| said | λέγοντες | legontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3004 I say, speak |
| You visited | Εἰσῆλθες | Eisēlthes | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G1525 I go in, come in, enter |
| uncircumcised | ἀκροβυστίαν | akrobystian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G203 foreskin |
| men | ἄνδρας | andras | Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G435 a male human being, a man |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| ate with | συνέφαγες | synephages | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G4906 I eat with |
| them | αὐτοῖς | autois | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 11:2 Acts 10:45
Acts 11:3 Acts 10:28 · Galatians 2:12 · Luke 15:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.