Acts 16:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they gave the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐλάλησαν αὐτῷ τὸν λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

And elalēsan to him the logon of the Kyriou, and to all those in the oikia of him.

Grammar Details

• *elalēsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - they spoke
• *logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord
• *oikia*: dative, feminine, singular - house

Word Meanings

• *elalēsan*: they spoke/they told/they declared
• *logon*: word/message/account
• *oikia*: house/home/household

Referenced Verses

• Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.
• Acts 10:33-43 : 33 So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say. 34 Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him. 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)-- 37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher, 38 About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him. 39 And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree. 40 On the third day God gave him back to life, and let him be seen, 41 Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead. 42 And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead. 43 To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.
• Rom 1:14 : 14 I have a debt to Greeks and to the nations outside; to the wise and to those who have no learning.
• 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.
• Eph 3:8 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:
• Col 1:27-28 : 27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 28 Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;
• 1 Thess 2:8 : 8 Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.
• 1 Tim 1:13-16 : 13 Though I had said violent words against God, and done cruel acts, causing great trouble: but I was given mercy, because I did it without knowledge, not having faith; 14 And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief: 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.