Acts 15:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
Acts 15:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 15:521 words
ἐξανέστησανexanestēsanraise (rise) up
δέdeand / but
τινεςtinesa (kind
of), any (man, thing
τῶνtōnthe
ἀπὸapofrom
τῆςtēsthe
αἱρέσεωςhaireseōsheresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect
τῶνtōnthe
ΦαρισαίωνPharisaiōnPharisee
πεπιστευκότεςpepisteukotesbelieve
λέγοντεςlegontessay
ὅτιhotithat / because
δεῖdeibind, be in bonds, knit
περιτέμνεινperitemneincircumcise
αὐτοὺςautoushe / she / it / same
παραγγέλλεινparangellein(give in) charge, (give) command(-ment), d…
τεtealso, and, both
τηρεῖνtēreinhold fast, keep(- er), (pre-
τὸνtonthe
νόμονnomonlaw
ΜωϋσέωςMōyseōs
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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