Acts 14:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Παραγενόμενοι δὲ, καὶ συναγαγόντες τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ἀνήγγειλαν ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς μετʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὅτι ἤνοιξεν τοῖς Ἔθνεσιν θύραν πίστεως.

Transliteration

Having paragenomenoi de, and having synagagontes the ekklēsian, they anēngeilan how much epoiēsen the Theos with them, and that he ēnoixen to the Ethnesin a thyran of pisteōs.

Grammar Details

• *paragenomenoi*: aorist middle participle, nominative masculine plural - having arrived
• *de*: postpositive particle - and/but
• *synagagontes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having gathered together
• *ekklēsian*: accusative feminine singular - church/assembly
• *anēngeilan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - reported/announced
• *hosa*: relative pronoun, accusative neuter plural - how much/all that
• *epoiēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - did/had done
• *Theos*: nominative masculine singular - God
• *met'*: preposition with genitive - with
• *ēnoixen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - opened
• *Ethnesin*: dative neuter plural - nations/Gentiles
• *thyran*: accusative feminine singular - door
• *pisteōs*: genitive feminine singular - of faith

Word Meanings

• *paragenomenoi*: having arrived/having come
• *synagagontes tēn ekklēsian*: having gathered the church/having assembled the church
• *anēngeilan*: reported/announced/declared
• *hosa epoiēsen ho Theos met' autōn*: all that God had done with them
• *ēnoixen tois Ethnesin thyran pisteōs*: opened to the Gentiles a door of faith/had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles

Referenced Verses

• Acts 15:12 : 12 And all the people were quiet while Barnabas and Paul gave an account of the signs and wonders which God had done among the Gentiles by them.
• 1 Cor 16:9 : 9 For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
• 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,
• Col 4:3 : 3 And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;
• 1 Cor 5:4 : 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
• 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.
• Rom 15:18 : 18 And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,
• 1 Cor 3:5-9 : 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them. 6 I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase. 7 So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase. 8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work. 9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
• John 9:10 : 10 So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?
• Rev 3:7-8 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one. 8 I have knowledge of your works (see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one), and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name.
• Acts 15:3-6 : 3 So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers. 4 And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them. 5 But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses. 6 And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
• Acts 21:19-22 : 19 And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles. 20 And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law: 21 And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules. 22 What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.
• 1 Cor 14:23 : 23 If, then, the church has come together, and all are using tongues, and there come in men without knowledge or faith, will they not say that you are unbalanced?
• 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.