Acts 12:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.”
Acts 12:17 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 12:1730 words
κατασείσαςkataseisasbeckon
δὲdeand / but
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
τῇtēthe
χειρὶcheirihand
σιγᾶνsigankeep
close (secret, silence), hold peace
διηγήσατοdiēgēsatodeclare, shew, tell
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
πῶςpōshow, after (by) what manner (means), that
ὁhothe
κύριοςkyriosLord
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
ἐξήγαγενexēgagenbring forth (out), fetch (lead) out
ἐκekfrom / out of
τῆςtēsthe
φυλακῆςphylakēscage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment)
εἶπένeipensay
τεtealso, and, both
ἈπαγγείλατεApangeilatebring word (again), declare, report
ἸακώβῳIakōbōJames
καὶkaiand / also
τοῖςtoisthe
ἀδελφοῖςadelphoisbrother
ταῦταtautahe (it was that), hereof, it
καὶkaiand / also
ἐξελθὼνexelthōncome
(forth, out), depart (out of)
ἐπορεύθηeporeuthēdepart, go (away, forth
εἰςeisinto / to
ἕτερονheteronaltered, else, next (day)
τόπονtoponcoast, licence, place
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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