Acts 9:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?”
Acts 9:21 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Acts 9:2131 words
ἐξίσταντοexistantoamaze, be (make) astonished, be beside sel…
δὲdeand / but
πάντεςpantesall / every
οἱhoithe
ἀκούοντεςakouonteshear
καὶkaiand / also
ἔλεγονelegonsay
ΟὐχOuchnot
οὗτόςhoutoshe (it was that), hereof, it
ἐστινestinam, have been, is I
ὁhothe
πορθήσαςporthēsasdestroy, waste
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmJerusalem
τοὺςtousthe
ἐπικαλουμένουςepikaloumenous
τὸtothe
ὄνομαonomacalled, (+
sur-)name(-d)
τοῦτοtoutohe (it was that), hereof, it
καὶkaiand / also
ὧδεhōdehere, hither, (in) this place
εἰςeisinto / to
τοῦτοtoutohe (it was that), hereof, it
ἐληλύθειelēlytheicome / go
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
δεδεμένουςdedemenousbind, be in bonds, knit
αὐτοὺςautoushe / she / it / same
ἀγάγῃagagēlead
ἐπὶepiabout (the times), above, after
τοὺςtousthe
ἀρχιερεῖςarchiereischief (high) priest, chief of
the priests
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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