Acts 4:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, {G1722} wherein we must be saved.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἄλλῳ οὐδενὶ ἡ σωτηρία: οὔτε γὰρ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἕτερον ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν τὸ δεδομένον ἐν ἀνθρώποις, ἐν ᾧ δεῖ σωθῆναι ἡμᾶς.

Transliteration

And not is in allō oudeni the sōtēria: oute gar onoma is heteron under the ouranon the dedomenon among anthrōpois, in which dei sōthēnai us.

Grammar Details

• *allō*: dative, masculine, singular - other/another
• *oudeni*: dative, masculine, singular - no one/none
• *sōtēria*: nominative, feminine, singular - salvation
• *oute*: negative conjunction - neither/nor
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *onoma*: nominative, neuter, singular - name
• *heteron*: nominative, neuter, singular - other/another/different
• *ouranon*: accusative, masculine, singular - heaven
• *dedomenon*: perfect passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - having been given
• *anthrōpois*: dative, masculine, plural - men/people
• *dei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular, impersonal - it is necessary
• *sōthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be saved

Word Meanings

• *sōtēria*: salvation/deliverance/rescue
• *onoma*: name/authority/person
• *heteron*: other/different/another
• *ouranon*: heaven/sky
• *dedomenon*: given/provided/granted
• *dei*: it is necessary/must/ought
• *sōthēnai*: to be saved/delivered/rescued/healed

Referenced Verses

• Rev 20:15 : 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
• 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.
• Matt 1:21 : 21 And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.
• John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• 1 Cor 3:11 : 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
• 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.
• Luke 24:47 : 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
• Acts 10:42-43 : 42 And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God [to be] the Judge of the living and the dead. 43 To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of sins.
• Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
• Ps 45:17 : 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.
• 1 Tim 2:5-6 : 5 For there is one God, {G2532} one mediator also between God and men, [himself] man, Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony [to be borne] in its own times;
• Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
• Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of [all] tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb.
• Col 1:23 : 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
• Gen 7:19 : 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.
• Job 41:11 : 11 Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
• Acts 2:5 : 5 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.