Acts
Acts 3:14–15
14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. 15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
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 3:14
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You | ὑμεῖς | hymeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| rejected | ἠρνήσασθε | ērnēsasthe | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural | G720 I deny, repudiate |
| the | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| Holy | Ἅγιον | Hagion | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G40 set apart, holy, sacred |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| Righteous One | Δίκαιον | Dikaion | Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular | G1342 just, righteous, impartial |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| asked that | ᾐτήσασθε | ētēsasthe | Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Plural | G154 I ask, request, beg, petition |
| a murderer | φονέα | phonea | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G5406 a murderer |
| be released | χαρισθῆναι | charisthēnai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive | G5483 I show favor to, forgive |
| to you | ὑμῖν | hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
Acts 3:15
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You killed | ἀπεκτείνατε | apekteinate | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G615 I put to death, kill |
| the | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| Author | Ἀρχηγὸν | Archēgon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G747 originator, author, founder |
| of life | ζωῆς | zōēs | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G2222 life |
| God | Θεὸς | Theos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| raised | ἤγειρεν | ēgeiren | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1453 I wake, arouse, raise up |
| from | ἐκ | ek | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| dead | νεκρῶν | nekrōn | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural | G3498 dead, a corpse |
| we | ἡμεῖς | hēmeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural | G1473 I |
| are | ἐσμεν | esmen | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| witnesses | μάρτυρές | martyres | Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3144 a witness |
| of this | οὗ | hou | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 3:14 Mark 1:24 · Acts 7:52 · 1 Peter 3:18 · Acts 4:27 · Luke 23:18–19 · Acts 22:14 · James 5:6 · Zechariah 9:9 · Luke 1:35 · 2 Corinthians 5:21 · Acts 2:27 · Revelation 3:7
Acts 3:15 Acts 2:24 · Revelation 21:6 · Acts 2:32 · Acts 13:30–32 · John 1:4 · 1 Corinthians 15:45 · John 5:26 · Hebrews 2:10 · Hebrews 5:9 · John 17:2 · John 14:6 · John 4:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.