Acts

Acts 5:36–37

³⁶Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. ³⁷After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.

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Acts 5:36

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Some time ago	πρὸ	pro	Preposition	G4253 before
Theudas	Θευδᾶς	Theudas	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2333 Theudas
rose up	ἀνέστη	anestē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G450 I raise up, set up, rise from
claiming	λέγων	legōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3004 I say, speak
to be	εἶναί	einai	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G1510 I am, exist
somebody	τινα	tina	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G5100 any one, some one
about	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
four hundred	τετρακοσίων	tetrakosiōn	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural	G5071 four hundred
men	ἀνδρῶν	andrōn	Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural	G435 a male human being, a man
joined	προσεκλίθη	proseklithē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G4346 partiality
was killed	ἀνῃρέθη	anērethē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G337 I take up, abolish, murder
all	πάντες	pantes	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
his followers	ὅσοι	hosoi	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3745 how much, how great, how many
were dispersed	διελύθησαν	dielythēsan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural	G1262 I break up, disperse
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
it all came	ἐγένοντο	egenonto	Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural	G1096 I come into being, am born
to	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
nothing	οὐδέν	ouden	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular	G3762 no one, none, nothing

Acts 5:37

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
After	μετὰ	meta	Preposition	G3326 with, after
Judas	Ἰούδας	Ioudas	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2455 Judah, Judas, Jude
the	ὁ	ho	Article - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
Galilean	Γαλιλαῖος	Galilaios	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1057 a Galilean
appeared	ἀνέστη	anestē	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G450 I raise up, set up, rise from
in	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
the	ταῖς	tais	Article - Dative Feminine Plural	G3588 the
days	ἡμέραις	hēmerais	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G2250 a day
of the	τῆς	tēs	Article - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3588 the
census	ἀπογραφῆς	apographēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G582 an enrollment, census-taking, record
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
drew away	ἀπέστησεν	apestēsen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G868 I lead away, seduce, depart, abstain from
people	λαὸν	laon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2992 a people, the crowd
after	ὀπίσω	opisō	Preposition	G3694 behind, after
him	αὐτοῦ	autou	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
He too	κἀκεῖνος	kakeinos	Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2548 and he, she, it, and that
perished	ἀπώλετο	apōleto	Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular	G622 I destroy, lose, am perishing
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
all	πάντες	pantes	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
his followers	ὅσοι	hosoi	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3745 how much, how great, how many
were scattered	διεσκορπίσθησαν	dieskorpisthēsan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural	G1287 I scatter, winnow, disperse, waste

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Acts 5:36 Acts 8:9 · 2 Peter 2:2 · Acts 21:38 · Revelation 17:3 · Galatians 6:3 · Revelation 17:5 · Matthew 24:24 · 2 Thessalonians 2:3–7 · Galatians 2:6 · Jude 1:16

Acts 5:37 Luke 2:1–2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.