Acts 13:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, υἱοὶ γένους Ἀβραάμ, καὶ οἱ ἐν ὑμῖν φοβούμενοι τὸν Θεόν, ὑμῖν ὁ λόγος τῆς σωτηρίας ταύτης ἀπεστάλη.

Transliteration

Andres adelphoi, huioi genous Abraam, and the in you phoboumenoi the Theon, to-you the logos of-the sōtērias this apestalē.

Grammar Details

• *Andres*: vocative, masculine, plural - men
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *huioi*: nominative, masculine, plural - sons
• *genous*: genitive, neuter, singular - family/race/descendance
• *Abraam*: genitive, masculine, singular - proper name
• *phoboumenoi*: present, middle/passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - fearing
• *Theon*: accusative, masculine, singular - God
• *logos*: nominative, masculine, singular - word
• *sōtērias*: genitive, feminine, singular - salvation
• *apestalē*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person singular - was sent

Word Meanings

• *Andres*: men/gentlemen
• *adelphoi*: brothers/brethren
• *huioi*: sons/descendants
• *genous*: race/family/lineage/descendants
• *phoboumenoi*: fearing/revering/worshipping
• *logos*: word/message/account
• *sōtērias*: salvation/deliverance/preservation
• *apestalē*: was sent/was dispatched

Referenced Verses

• Matt 10:6 : 6 But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
• Acts 4:12 : 12 And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
• Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.
• Acts 28:28 : 28 Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
• Eph 1:13 : 13 In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,
• Col 1:5 : 5 Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,
• Rom 1:16 : 16 For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
• 2 Cor 5:19-21 : 19 That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace. 20 So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God. 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• Acts 16:17 : 17 She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.
• Acts 5:20 : 20 Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.
• Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
• Acts 13:15-17 : 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on. 16 And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear. 17 The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.
• Acts 13:43 : 43 Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.
• Luke 1:69 : 69 Lifting up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
• Luke 1:77 : 77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,
• Luke 24:47 : 47 And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.
• Acts 3:26 : 26 To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.
• 2 Chr 20:7 : 7 Did you not, O Lord our God, after driving out the people of this land before your people Israel, give it to the seed of Abraham, your friend, for ever?
• Ps 105:6 : 6 O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
• Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions. 20 He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised.
• Isa 41:8 : 8 But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend:
• Isa 46:13 : 13 My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.
• Isa 48:1 : 1 Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
• Isa 51:1-2 : 1 Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken. 2 Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.
• Matt 3:9 : 9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.