Acts 3:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τὸν δὲ Ἀρχηγὸν τῆς ζωῆς ἀπεκτείνατε, ὃν ὁ Θεὸς ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν· οὗ ἡμεῖς μάρτυρές ἐσμεν.

Transliteration

The de Archēgon of the zōēs you apekteinate, whom the Theos ēgeiren from nekrōn; of whom we martyres esmen.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *Archēgon*: accusative masculine singular - Author/Prince/Leader
• *zōēs*: genitive feminine singular - life
• *apekteinate*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural - you killed
• *Theos*: nominative masculine singular - God
• *ēgeiren*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - raised
• *nekrōn*: genitive masculine plural - dead
• *martyres*: nominative masculine plural - witnesses
• *esmen*: present active indicative, 1st person plural - we are

Word Meanings

• *Archēgon*: Author/Prince/Leader/Originator/Founder
• *apekteinate*: killed/put to death/murdered
• *nekrōn*: dead ones/dead people/corpses

Referenced Verses

• Acts 2:24 : 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
• Acts 2:32 : 32 This Jesus did God raise up, whereof we all are witnesses.
• John 5:26 : 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:
• Matt 28:2-5 : 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it. 3 His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men. 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who hath been crucified.
• John 1:4 : 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• John 17:2 : 2 even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.
• Acts 1:22 : 22 beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.
• Acts 10:40-41 : 40 Him God raised up the third day, and gave him to be made manifest, 41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
• Acts 13:30-32 : 30 But God raised him from the dead: 31 and he was seen for many days of them that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people. 32 And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,
• 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became {G1519} a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
• Heb 5:9 : 9 and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
• Rev 21:6 : 6 And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
• John 4:14 : 14 but whosoever {G302} drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: {G2532} he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
• Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a {G2513} river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• Eph 1:20 : 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places],
• Col 3:3-4 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
• Rom 8:1-2 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
• Acts 5:31 : 31 Him did God exalt with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou {G302} wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given {G302} thee living water.
• John 10:28 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?