Acts 17:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.”
Acts 17:23 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 17:2323 words
διερχόμενοςdierchomenoscome, depart, go (about
γὰρgarfor
καὶkaiand / also
ἀναθεωρῶνanatheōrōnbehold, consider
τὰtathe
σεβάσματαsebasmatadevotion, that is worshipped
ὑμῶνhymōnyou
εὗρονheuronfind, get, obtain
καὶkaiand / also
βωμὸνbōmonaltar
ἐνenabout, after, against
ᾧhōwho / which
ἐπεγέγραπτοepegegraptoinscription, write in (over, thereon)
ἈγνώστῳAgnōstōunknown
θεῷtheōGod
ὃhowho / which
οὖνounand (so, truly), but
ἀγνοοῦντεςagnoountes(be) ignorant(-ly), not know, not understand
εὐσεβεῖτεeusebeiteshow piety, worship
τοῦτοtoutohe (it was that), hereof, it
ἐγὼegōI
καταγγέλλωkatangellōdeclare, preach, shew
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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