Acts 2:39

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑμῖν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἐπαγγελία, καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς εἰς μακράν, ὅσους ἂν προσκαλέσηται Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν.

Transliteration

To you gar estin the epangelia, and to the teknois of you, and to all those at makran, as many as an proskalēsētai Kurios the Theos of us.

Grammar Details

• *gar*: conjunction - for
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *epangelia*: nominative, feminine, singular - promise
• *teknois*: dative, neuter, plural - to children
• *makran*: accusative, feminine, singular - far/distant
• *an*: particle - modal particle with subjunctive
• *proskalēsētai*: aorist middle subjunctive, 3rd person singular - he might call to himself
• *Kurios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God

Word Meanings

• *estin*: is/exists/belongs
• *epangelia*: promise/pledge
• *teknois*: children/descendants/offspring
• *makran*: far/distant/far away
• *proskalēsētai*: might call/summon/invite
• *Kurios*: Lord/Master
• *Theos*: God/deity

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as {G302} the Lord our God shall call unto him.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For ye promyse was made vnto you and to youre chyldre and to all that are afarre even as many as ye Lorde oure God shall call.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children, and to all that are farre of, who so euer the LORDE oure God shal call.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the promise is made vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the promise was made vnto you, and to your chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, `even' as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Referenced Verses

• Joel 2:32 : 32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved, for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls.
• Rom 8:30 : 30 And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.
• 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
• Eph 4:4 : 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope at your calling;
• Acts 15:8 : 8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us.
• 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election; for if you do these things, you will never stumble.
• Heb 3:1 : 1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest whom we confess.
• Acts 10:45 : 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are now living as a foreigner—all the land of Canaan—as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and my blessing on your offspring.
• Isa 54:13 : 13 All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
• Isa 57:19 : 19 Creating praise on the lips: Peace, peace, to those far and near, says the LORD. And I will heal them.
• Isa 59:19 : 19 So they will fear the name of the LORD in the west and His glory in the east, for He will come like a rushing river driven by the breath of the LORD.
• Jer 32:39-40 : 39 I will give them one heart and one way so that they may always fear Me, for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 I will make with them an everlasting covenant; I will never turn away from doing good to them. I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 They will live in the land I gave to My servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their descendants will dwell there forever, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
• Joel 2:28 : 28 And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.
• Ps 115:14-15 : 14 May the Lord increase you and your children. 15 May you be blessed by the Lord, Maker of heaven and earth.
• Acts 3:25-26 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham: 'Through your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.' 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.
• Acts 11:15-18 : 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had on us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' 17 If then God gave them the same gift that He gave to us after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God's way? 18 When they heard this, they became silent and glorified God, saying, 'So then, God has granted repentance leading to life even to the Gentiles.'
• 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.
• Rom 9:4 : 4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.
• Rom 9:24 : 24 even us, whom he has also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
• Rom 11:16-17 : 16 If the first portion of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the olive tree,
• Rom 11:29 : 29 for God’s gifts and His calling are irrevocable.
• Heb 9:15 : 15 Therefore, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and uphold you.
• 2 Pet 1:3 : 3 His divine power has granted us everything we need for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
• Rev 17:14 : 14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.
• Rev 19:9 : 9 Then the angel said to me, 'Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.' And he added, 'These are the true words of God.'
• Acts 15:14 : 14 Simeon has explained how God first intervened to take from the Gentiles a people for His name.
• 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling and by His power fulfill every desire for goodness and every work of faith.
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits for salvation through the sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth. 14 He called you to this through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works, but according to His own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
• Eph 1:18 : 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
• Eph 2:13-22 : 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. 19 So then, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. 21 In Him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling place for God in the 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,