Acts
Acts 4:21
21After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.
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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| further threats | προσαπειλησάμενοι | prosapeilēsamenoi | Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural | G4324 I utter additional threats |
| they let them go | ἀπέλυσαν | apelysan | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G630 I release, let go, send away, divorce |
| They could not find a way | εὑρίσκοντες | heuriskontes | Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G2147 I find |
| to punish | κολάσωνται | kolasōntai | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Plural | G2849 I chastise, punish |
| them | αὐτούς | autous | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| because | διὰ | dia | Preposition | G1223 through, on account of |
| the | τὸν | ton | Article - Accusative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| people | λαόν | laon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2992 a people, the crowd |
| were glorifying | ἐδόξαζον | edoxazon | Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G1392 I glorify, honor, bestow glory on |
| God | Θεὸν | Theon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2316 God, a god |
| for | ἐπὶ | epi | Preposition | G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at |
| what | τῷ | tō | Article - Dative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| had happened | γεγονότι | gegonoti | Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Dative Neuter Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.