Acts 2:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now when they heard [this,] they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, {G435} Brethren, what shall we do?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀκούσαντες δὲ, κατενύγησαν τῇ καρδίᾳ, εἶπόν τε πρὸς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἀποστόλους, Τί ποιήσομεν; Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί,

Transliteration

Akousantes de, katenugēsan in the kardia, eipon both to the Petron and the loipous apostolous, What poiēsomen? Andres adelphoi,

Grammar Details

• *Akousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having heard
• *de*: conjunction - but/and
• *katenugēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - they were pierced/cut to the heart
• *kardia*: dative, feminine, singular - heart
• *eipon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they said
• *Petron*: accusative, masculine, singular - Peter
• *loipous*: accusative, masculine, plural - rest/remaining
• *apostolous*: accusative, masculine, plural - apostles
• *poiēsomen*: future active indicative, 1st person plural - we will do
• *Andres*: nominative, masculine, plural - men
• *adelphoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - brothers

Word Meanings

• *Akousantes*: hearing/having heard/listening to
• *katenugēsan*: were pierced/cut to the heart/deeply moved
• *kardia*: heart/inner self/mind
• *eipon*: said/spoke/told
• *loipous*: rest/remaining/other
• *apostolous*: apostles/sent ones/messengers
• *poiēsomen*: shall we do/should we do/what action should we take
• *adelphoi*: brothers/fellow believers/countrymen

Referenced Verses

• Luke 3:10 : 10 And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?
• Acts 5:33 : 33 But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them.
• Acts 7:54 : 54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
• Acts 9:5-6 : 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: 6 but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
• Acts 16:29-31 : 29 And he called for lights and sprang in, and, {G1096} trembling for fear, fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, {G5547} and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.
• Acts 22:10 : 10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
• Acts 24:25-26 : 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me. 26 He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
• Rom 7:9 : 9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
• 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one unbelieving or unlearned, he is reproved by all, he is judged by all; 25 the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.
• Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Luke 3:12 : 12 And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?
• Luke 3:14 : 14 And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse [any one] wrongfully; and be content with your wages.
• John 8:9 : 9 And they, when they heard it, {G1651} {G5259} {G4893} went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.
• John 16:8-9 : 8 And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more; 11 of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
• Acts 1:16 : 16 {G435} Brethren, it was needful that the Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spake before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.
• Ezek 7:16 : 16 But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.