Acts 8:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is called Great.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ᾯ προσεῖχον πάντες, ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, λέγοντες, Οὗτός ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ μεγάλη.

Transliteration

To whom proseichon pantes, from mikrou to megalou, legontes, This estin the dynamis of Theou the megalē.

Grammar Details

*proseichon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - were paying attention to
*pantes*: nominative, masculine, plural - all
*mikrou*: genitive, masculine, singular - small/least
*megalou*: genitive, masculine, singular - great/important
*legontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is
*dynamis*: nominative, feminine, singular - power
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*megalē*: nominative, feminine, singular - great

Word Meanings

*proseichon*: were paying attention to/giving heed to
*mikrou ēos megalou*: from small to great/from least to greatest/everyone
*dynamis*: power/might/strength

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Referenced Verses

Acts 14:11 : 11 And when the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
Acts 28:6 : 6 But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
1 Cor 1:24 : 24 but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
2 Cor 11:19 : 19 For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise [yourselves].
Eph 4:14 : 14 that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, {G3588} after the wiles of error;
2 Pet 2:2 : 2 And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.
Rev 13:3 : 3 And [I saw] one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke {G4127} was healed: and the whole earth wondered {G1722} after the beast;
Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Jer 8:10 : 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Jer 31:34 : 34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
Jonah 3:5 : 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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