Acts 11:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When they heard this, they became silent and glorified God, saying, 'So then, God has granted repentance leading to life even to the Gentiles.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ταῦτα, ἡσύχασαν, καὶ ἐδόξαζον τὸν Θεόν, λέγοντες, Ἄρα γε καὶ τοῖς Ἔθνεσιν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν μετάνοιαν ἔδωκεν εἰς ζωήν.

Transliteration

Akousantes de tauta, hēsychasan, and edoxazon ton Theon, legontes, Ara ge also to the Ethnesin ho Theos tēn metanoian edōken for zōēn.

Grammar Details

• *Akousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having heard
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative neuter plural - these things
• *hēsychasan*: aorist active indicative 3rd person plural - they became silent
• *edoxazon*: imperfect active indicative 3rd person plural - they were glorifying
• *ton Theon*: accusative masculine singular with article - God
• *legontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - saying
• *Ara ge*: inferential particles - then indeed
• *kai*: adverb - also/even
• *tois Ethnesin*: dative neuter plural with article - to the Gentiles/nations
• *ho Theos*: nominative masculine singular with article - God
• *tēn metanoian*: accusative feminine singular with article - repentance
• *edōken*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular - has given
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - for/unto
• *zōēn*: accusative feminine singular - life

Word Meanings

• *Akousantes*: having heard/when they heard
• *hēsychasan*: became silent/fell quiet/ceased arguing
• *edoxazon*: were glorifying/were praising
• *Ara ge*: then indeed/so then
• *Ethnesin*: Gentiles/nations/non-Jewish peoples
• *metanoian*: repentance/change of mind
• *edōken*: has given/granted
• *zōēn*: life/eternal life

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When they heard these things, they held their pee, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when{G1161} they heard{G191} these things,{G5023} they held their peace,{G2270} and{G2532} glorified{G1392} God,{G2316} saying,{G3004} Then{G686} to the Gentiles{G1484} also{G2532} hath{G1325} God{G2316} granted{G1325} repentance{G3341} unto{G1519} life.{G2222}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When{G1161} they heard{G191}{(G5660)} these things{G5023}, they held their peace{G2270}{(G5656)}, and{G2532} glorified{G1392}{(G5707)} God{G2316}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, Then{G686} hath{G1325} God{G2316} also{G2534} to the Gentiles{G1484} granted{G1325}{(G5656)} repentance{G3341} unto{G1519} life{G2222}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  when they hearde this they helde their peace and gloryfied God sayinge: then hath God also to the gentyls graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan they herde this, they helde their peace, and praysed God, and sayde: Then hath God also to the Heithen graunted repentaunce vnto life.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When they heard these things, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles graunted repentance vnto life.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When they hearde these thynges, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying: Then hath God also to ye Gentiles, graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying,“So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow produces death.
• Rom 10:12-13 : 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches to all who call on Him. 13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
• Acts 5:31 : 31 God exalted him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
• Acts 20:21 : 21 'I testified both to Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.'
• Acts 21:20 : 20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, 'You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.'
• Acts 22:21-22 : 21 Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.' 22 They listened to him until this statement. Then they raised their voices, shouting, 'Rid the earth of this man! He should not be allowed to live!'
• Acts 26:17-20 : 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me. 19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.
• Rom 3:29-30 : 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles too. 30 Since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through the same faith.
• Rom 9:30 : 30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;
• Acts 11:1 : 1 The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that even the Gentiles had accepted the word of God.
• Acts 13:47-48 : 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.' 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
• Acts 15:3 : 3 Having been sent on their way by the church, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
• Lev 10:19-20 : 19 But Aaron replied to Moses, 'Behold, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD, and such things as these have happened to me. Would it have been pleasing to the LORD if I had eaten the sin offering today?' 20 When Moses heard this, he was satisfied.
• Josh 22:30 : 30 Phinehas the priest, the leaders of the congregation, and the heads of the clans of Israel who were with him heard the words spoken by the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the Manassites, and they were pleased.
• Isa 60:21 : 21 Your people will all be righteous; they will inherit the land forever— the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, for my glory.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 To provide for those who mourn in Zion—giving them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of faintness. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord to display His splendor.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.' 19 After I turned away, I repented; after I came to understand, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son, my precious child? For as often as I speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore, my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.
• Ezek 36:26 : 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on Me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent, therefore, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away.
• Acts 3:26 : 26 When God raised up His servant, Jesus, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.
• Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: 'Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing praises to Your name.' 10 And again it says: 'Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people.' 11 And again: 'Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol Him.' 12 And again, Isaiah says: 'The root of Jesse will come, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will hope.' 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points, to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me. 16 To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
• Gal 1:24 : 24 And they glorified God because of me.
• Gal 3:26-27 : 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
• Eph 2:11-18 : 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh—who are called 'the uncircumcision' by those who are called 'the circumcision,' which is done in the flesh by human hands— 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility. 15 He has abolished the law with its commandments and regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death. 17 He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
• Eph 3:5-8 : 5 which in past generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 6 This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 7 Of this gospel I became a servant, according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me through the working of His power. 8 To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
• 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 Gently instruct those who oppose you, in the hope that God might grant them repentance, leading them to a knowledge of the truth. 26 Then they may come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
• Jas 1:16-17 : 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.