Acts 28:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀσύμφωνοι δὲ ὄντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους, ἀπελύοντο, εἰπόντος τοῦ Παύλου ῥῆμα ἓν, ὅτι Καλῶς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον ἐλάλησεν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν,

Transliteration

Asumphōnoi de ontes pros allēlous, they were apeluonto, eipontos tou Paulou rhēma hen, that "Kalōs to Pneuma to Hagion elalēsen dia Ēsaiou tou prophētou pros tous pateras hēmōn,

Grammar Details

*Asumphōnoi*: nominative masculine plural - disagreeing
*de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
*ontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - being
*pros allēlous*: toward one another
*apeluonto*: imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person plural - they were departing
*eipontos tou Paulou*: genitive absolute - Paul having said
*rhēma hen*: accusative neuter singular - one word/statement
*hoti*: that
*Kalōs*: adverb - rightly/well
*to Pneuma to Hagion*: nominative neuter singular - the Holy Spirit
*elalēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - spoke
*dia Ēsaiou tou prophētou*: through Isaiah the prophet
*pros tous pateras hēmōn*: to our fathers

Word Meanings

*Asumphōnoi*: disagreeing/not in agreement/at variance
*ontes*: being/existing
*apeluonto*: they were departing/leaving/being dismissed
*rhēma*: word/statement/saying
*Kalōs*: rightly/well/correctly
*Pneuma*: Spirit/Breath
*Hagion*: Holy/Set apart
*elalēsen*: spoke/said
*pateras*: fathers/ancestors

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Matt 15:7 : 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
Mark 7:6 : 6 And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For no prophecy ever came {G4218} by the will of man: but {G40} men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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