Acts 23:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.”
Acts 23:21 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 23:2133 words
σὺsyyou
οὖνounand (so, truly), but
μὴmēnot
πεισθῇςpeisthēsagree, assure, believe
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ἐνεδρεύουσινenedreuousinlay wait
for
γὰρgarfor
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
ἐξexfrom / out of
αὐτῶνautōnhe / she / it / same
ἄνδρεςandresfellow, husband, man
πλείουςpleiousmany / much
τεσσεράκονταtesserakonta
οἵτινεςhoitines(they), (such) as, (they) that
ἀνεθεμάτισανanethematisan(bind under
a) curse, bind with an oath
ἑαυτοὺςheautousalone, her (own, -self)
μήτεmēteneither / lest
φαγεῖνphageindevour, eat, live
μήτεmēteneither / lest
πιεῖνpieindrink
ἕωςheōseven (until, unto), (as) far
(as)
οὗhouwho / which
ἀνέλωσινanelōsinput to
death, kill, slay
αὐτόνautonhe / she / it / same
καὶkaiand / also
νῦνnynhenceforth, + hereafter, of late
εἰσινeisinam, have been, is I
ἕτοιμοιhetoimoiprepared, (made) ready(-iness, to our hand)
προσδεχόμενοιprosdechomenoiaccept, allow, look (wait) for
τὴνtēnthe
ἀπὸapofrom
σοῦsouyou
ἐπαγγελίανepangelianmessage, promise
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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