Acts
Acts 28:17
17After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After | μετὰ | meta | Preposition | G3326 with, after |
| three | τρεῖς | treis | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural | G5140 three |
| days | ἡμέρας | hēmeras | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G2250 a day |
| he | αὐτὸν | auton | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| called together | συνκαλέσασθαι | synkalesasthai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle | G4779 I call together |
| the | τοὺς | tous | Article - Accusative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| leaders | πρώτους | prōtous | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural | G4413 first, before |
| of the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| Jews | Ἰουδαίων | Ioudaiōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G2453 Jewish |
| they | αὐτῶν | autōn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| had gathered | συνελθόντων | synelthontōn | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural | G4905 I come or go with, accompany, assemble |
| he said | ἔλεγεν | elegen | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| to | πρὸς | pros | Preposition | G4314 to, towards, with |
| them | αὐτούς | autous | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| Brothers | ἀδελφοί | adelphoi | Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural | G80 a brother |
| I have done | ποιήσας | poiēsas | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G4160 I do, make |
| nothing | οὐδὲν | ouden | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3762 no one, none, nothing |
| against | ἐναντίον | enantion | Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular | G1727 opposite, opposed, contrary, the adversary |
| people | λαῷ | laō | Noun - Dative Masculine Singular | G2992 a people, the crowd |
| or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| the | τοῖς | tois | Article - Dative Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| customs | ἔθεσι | ethesi | Noun - Dative Neuter Plural | G1485 a custom |
| of our fathers | πατρῴοις | patrōois | Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural | G3971 hereditary |
| I | Ἐγώ | Egō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| was taken prisoner | δέσμιος | desmios | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1198 one bound, a prisoner |
| in | ἐξ | ex | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| Jerusalem | Ἱεροσολύμων | Hierosolymōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G2414 Jerusalem |
| handed over | παρεδόθην | paredothēn | Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular | G3860 I hand over, deliver, betray |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| Romans | Ῥωμαίων | Rhōmaiōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G4514 Roman, a Roman citizen |
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