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Acts 3:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.


Acts 3:16Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 3:1630 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἐπὶepi
onprepositionG1909
τῇ
thearticleG3588
πίστειpistei
faithnounG4102
τοῦtou
in thearticleG3588
ὀνόματοςonomatos
namenounG3686
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
τοῦτονtouton
this mandemonstrativeG3778
ὃνhon
whomrelative pronounG3739
θεωρεῖτεtheōreite
you seeverbG2334
καὶkai
andwordG2532
οἴδατεoidate
knowverbG6063
ἐστερέωσενestereōsen
has strengthenedverbG4732
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ὄνομαonoma
namenounG3686
αὐτοῦautou
of HimpronounG846
καὶkai
andwordG2532
thearticleG3588
πίστιςpistis
faithnounG4102
which isarticleG3588
δι’di’
throughprepositionG1223
αὐτοῦautou
HimpronounG846
ἔδωκενedōken
has givenverbG1325
αὐτῷautō
to himpronounG846
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ὁλοκληρίανholoklērian
complete soundnessnounG3647
ταύτηνtautēn
thisdemonstrativeG3778
ἀπέναντιapenanti
beforeprepositionG561
πάντωνpantōn
alladjectiveG3956
ὑμῶνhymōn
of youpronounG4771
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 3:16

Why do you look so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? Acts 3:13 Nay, not even this; for not by our own merit did we draw down the Divine influence. The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers. See how assiduously he thrusts himself (εἰσωθει) upon the fathers of old, lest he should appear to be introducing a new doctrine. In the former address he appealed to the patriarch David, here he appeals to…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 9 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Thomas MuellerNote3mo ago
God's sovereignty revealed - Acts 3
God is faithful in every circumstance. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible. God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty ...
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