Acts 5:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as touching these men, what ye are about to do.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπέν τε πρὸς αὐτούς, Ἄνδρες Ἰσραηλῖται, προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις τί μέλλετε πράσσειν.

Transliteration

Eipen te pros them, Andres Israēlitai, prosechete heautois epi the anthrōpois these what you mellete prassein.

Grammar Details

*Eipen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - said
*te*: conjunction - and/both
*pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
*Andres*: vocative, masculine, plural - men
*Israēlitai*: vocative, masculine, plural - Israelites
*prosechete*: present, active, imperative, 2nd plural - take heed/be careful
*heautois*: dative, masculine, plural, reflexive pronoun - yourselves
*epi*: preposition + dative - concerning/regarding
*anthrōpois*: dative, masculine, plural - men
*mellete*: present, active, indicative, 2nd plural - you are about to
*prassein*: present, active, infinitive - to do/practice

Word Meanings

*Andres*: men/gentlemen
*Israēlitai*: Israelites/men of Israel
*prosechete*: take heed/be careful/pay attention
*mellete*: are about to/intend to/plan to
*prassein*: to do/to practice/to carry out

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Referenced Verses

Jer 26:19 : 19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? did he not fear Jehovah, and entreat the favor of Jehovah, and Jehovah repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.
Matt 27:19 : 19 And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Acts 19:36 : 36 Seeing then that these things cannot be gainsaid, ye {G2076} ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
Acts 22:26 : 26 And when the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, {G3708} What art thou about to do? for this man is a Roman.

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