Acts
Acts 25:3
3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to grant them | αἰτούμενοι | aitoumenoi | Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural | G154 I ask, request, beg, petition |
| a concession | χάριν | charin | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G5485 grace, favor, kindness |
| against | κατ’ | kat’ | Preposition | G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during |
| by | ὅπως | hopōs | Adverb | G3704 how, in order that, so that |
| summoning | μεταπέμψηται | metapempsētai | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular | G3343 I send for, summon |
| him | αὐτὸν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| Jerusalem | Ἰερουσαλήμ | Ierousalēm | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2419 Jerusalem |
| they were preparing | ποιοῦντες | poiountes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G4160 I do, make |
| an ambush | ἐνέδραν | enedran | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1747 an ambush, plot, treachery, fraud |
| to kill | ἀνελεῖν | anelein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G337 I take up, abolish, murder |
| him | αὐτὸν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| along | κατὰ | kata | Preposition | G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during |
| the | τὴν | tēn | Article - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| way | ὁδόν | hodon | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3598 a way, road, journey |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.