{
"verseID": "Acts.14.15",
"source": "Καὶ, λέγοντες, Ἄνδρες, τί ταῦτα ποιεῖτε; Καὶ ἡμεῖς ὁμοιοπαθεῖς ἐσμεν ὑμῖν ἄνθρωποι, εὐαγγελιζόμενοι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ματαίων ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπὶ τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ζῶντα, ὃς ἐποίησεν τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς:",
"text": "And, *legontes*, *Andres*, why these things *poieite*? Also we *homoiopatheis* *esmen* to you *anthrōpoi*, *euangelizomenoi* you from these *mataiōn* to *epistrephein* to the *Theon* the *zōnta*, who *epoiēsen* the *ouranon*, and the *gēn*, and the *thalassan*, and all the things in them:",
"grammar": {
"*legontes*": "present active participle, nominative masculine plural - saying",
"*Andres*": "vocative masculine plural - men",
"*poieite*": "present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you do/are doing",
"*homoiopatheis*": "nominative masculine plural - having like feelings/similar nature",
"*esmen*": "present active indicative, 1st person plural - we are",
"*anthrōpoi*": "nominative masculine plural - humans/people",
"*euangelizomenoi*": "present middle participle, nominative masculine plural - proclaiming good news",
"*mataiōn*": "genitive neuter plural - vain things/worthless things",
"*epistrephein*": "present active infinitive - to turn/return",
"*Theon*": "accusative masculine singular - God",
"*zōnta*": "present active participle, accusative masculine singular - living",
"*epoiēsen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - made/created",
"*ouranon*": "accusative masculine singular - heaven/sky",
"*gēn*": "accusative feminine singular - earth/land",
"*thalassan*": "accusative feminine singular - sea",
"*panta*": "accusative neuter plural - all things"
},
"variants": {
"*homoiopatheis*": "with like feelings/of similar nature/with the same nature",
"*mataiōn*": "vain things/worthless things/empty practices",
"*epistrephein epi ton Theon ton zōnta*": "to turn to the living God/to convert to the living God",
"*epoiēsen ton ouranon kai tēn gēn kai tēn thalassan*": "made the heaven and the earth and the sea (reference to creation)"
}
}