Acts
Acts 13:40–41
40Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:
41‘Look, you scoffers,
wonder and perish!
For I am doing a work in your days
that you would never believe,
even if someone told you.’f”
Footnotes
- f 13:41 Habakkuk 1:5|HAB 1:5(see also LXX)
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 13:40
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watch out | βλέπετε | blepete | Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G991 I look, see |
| then | οὖν | oun | Conjunction | G3767 therefore, then |
| that | τὸ | to | Article - Nominative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| what was spoken | εἰρημένον | eirēmenon | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular | G2046 I say, speak |
| by | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| the | τοῖς | tois | Article - Dative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| prophets | προφήταις | prophētais | Noun - Dative Masculine Plural | G4396 a prophet, poet |
| does not happen | ἐπέλθῃ | epelthē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1904 I approach, overtake, attack |
Acts 13:41
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Look | Ἴδετε | Idete | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G3708 I see, look upon, experience |
| scoffers | καταφρονηταί | kataphronētai | Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural | G2707 a despiser |
| wonder | θαυμάσατε | thaumasate | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G2296 I wonder, admire |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| perish | ἀφανίσθητε | aphanisthēte | Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 2nd Person Plural | G853 I cause to disappear, I hide, remove, disfigure |
| For | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| I | ἐγὼ | egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| am doing | ἐργάζομαι | ergazomai | Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular | G2038 I word, trade, do |
| a work | ἔργον | ergon | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G2041 work, labor, action, deed |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| your | ὑμῶν | hymōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| days | ἡμέραις | hēmerais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G2250 a day |
| you would never believe | πιστεύσητε | pisteusēte | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural | G4100 I believe, have faith in |
| even if | ἐάν | ean | Conjunction | G1437 if |
| someone | τις | tis | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| told | ἐκδιηγῆται | ekdiēgētai | Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular | G1555 I narrate at length, declare |
| you | ὑμῖν | hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 13:40 Malachi 4:1 · Hebrews 3:12 · Malachi 3:2 · Hebrews 12:25 · Habakkuk 1:5 · Matthew 3:9–12 · Hebrews 2:3 · Isaiah 29:14
Acts 13:41 Habakkuk 1:5 · 1 Peter 4:17 · Romans 11:7–14 · Isaiah 28:14–22 · Colossians 1:26–27 · Proverbs 5:12 · Matthew 22:7–10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.