Acts 15:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church and the apostles and the elders, and they rehearsed all things that God had done with them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Παραγενόμενοι δὲ εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἀπεδέχθησαν ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀνήγγειλάν τε ὅσα ὁ Θεὸς ἐποίησεν μετʼ αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Having paragenomenoi de into Ierousalēm, they were apedechthēsan hupo tēs ekklēsias, and the apostolōn and the presbuterōn, they anēngeilan te hosa ho Theos epoiēsen met' autōn.

Grammar Details

*paragenomenoi*: aorist participle, middle, nominative, masculine, plural - having arrived
*de*: particle - and/but
*apedechthēsan*: aorist, indicative, passive, 3rd person, plural - they were received/welcomed
*hupo*: preposition + genitive - by
*tēs ekklēsias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the church/assembly
*apostolōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of apostles
*presbuterōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of elders
*anēngeilan*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person, plural - they reported/announced
*te*: particle - and/both
*hosa*: nominative/accusative, neuter, plural - as many as/all that
*ho Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
*epoiēsen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - did/made
*met'*: preposition + genitive - with
*autōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - them

Word Meanings

*paragenomenoi*: having arrived/come/appeared
*apedechthēsan*: were received/welcomed/accepted
*anēngeilan*: reported/announced/declared
*hosa*: as many as/all that/whatever
*epoiēsen*: did/made/accomplished

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Referenced Verses

Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.
Acts 15:12 : 12 And all the multitude kept silence; and they hearkened unto Barnabas and Paul rehearsing what signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.
Acts 15:3 : 3 They therefore, {G3303} being brought on their way by the church, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
Acts 21:17 : 17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
Acts 21:19 : 19 And when he had saluted them, he rehearsed one by one the things which God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Rom 15:7 : 7 Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.
Rom 15:18 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
2 Cor 5:19 : 19 to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
2 Cor 6:1 : 1 And working together [with him] we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
Col 4:10 : 10 Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner saluteth you, and Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (touching whom ye received commandments; if he come unto you, receive him),
2 John 1:10 : 10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting:
3 John 1:8-9 : 8 We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers for the truth. 9 I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth [them] out of the church.
Acts 18:27 : 27 And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he was come, he helped them much that had believed through grace;
Matt 10:40 : 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

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