Acts
Acts 21:20
20When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When they heard | ἀκούσαντες | akousantes | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G191 I hear, listen |
| they glorified | ἐδόξαζον | edoxazon | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1392 I glorify, honor, bestow glory on |
| God | Θεόν | Theon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| Then | τε | te | Conjunction | G5037 and, both |
| they said | εἶπόν | eipon | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| to | αὐτῷ | autō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| You see | Θεωρεῖς | Theōreis | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G2334 I behold, look at, experience |
| brother | ἀδελφέ | adelphe | Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular | G80 a brother |
| how many | πόσαι | posai | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G4214 how much, how great, how many |
| thousands | μυριάδες | myriades | Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural | G3461 a myriad, ten thousand |
| of | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| Jews | Ἰουδαίοις | Ioudaiois | Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural | G2453 Jewish |
| have believed | πεπιστευκότων | pepisteukotōn | Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural | G4100 I believe, have faith in |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| all | πάντες | pantes | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3956 all, the whole, every kind of |
| of them are | ὑπάρχουσιν | hyparchousin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G5225 I am, exist, am in possession |
| zealous | ζηλωταὶ | zēlōtai | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G2207 a zealot |
| for the | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| law | νόμου | nomou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3551 a law, the Mosaic Law |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Romans 10:2 · Galatians 1:14 · Acts 22:3 · Acts 11:18 · Acts 15:1 · Acts 15:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.