Acts 9:37

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In those days she became sick and died. After washing her body, they placed her in an upstairs room.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, ἀσθενήσασαν αὐτὴν, ἀποθανεῖν: λούσαντες δὲ αὐτὴν, ἔθηκαν ἐν ὑπερῴῳ.

Transliteration

Egeneto de in the hēmerais those, asthenēsasan her, apothanein: lousantes de her, ethēkan in hyperōō.

Grammar Details

• *Egeneto*: aorist middle, 3rd singular - happened/came about
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
• *hēmerais*: dative, feminine plural - days
• *asthenēsasan*: aorist active participle, accusative feminine singular - having become sick
• *apothanein*: aorist active infinitive - to die
• *lousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having washed
• *ethēkan*: aorist active, 3rd plural - placed/laid
• *hyperōō*: dative, neuter singular - upper room

Word Meanings

• *Egeneto*: happened/came about/came to pass
• *asthenēsasan*: having become sick/having fallen ill
• *apothanein*: to die/to expire
• *lousantes*: having washed/having bathed
• *ethēkan*: placed/laid/put
• *hyperōō*: upper room/upstairs room

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And it happened in those days that she became sick and died. After they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} it came to pass{G1096} in{G1722} those{G1565} days,{G2250} that she{G846} fell sick,{G770} and died:{G599} and when they had washed{G3068} her,{G846} they laid{G5087} her{G846} in{G1722} an upper chamber.{G5253}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} it came to pass{G1096}{(G5633)} in{G1722} those{G1565} days{G2250}, that she was sick{G770}{(G5660)}, and died{G599}{(G5629)}: whom when{G1161} they{G846} had washed{G3068}{(G5660)}{G846}, they laid{G5087}{(G5656)} her in{G1722} an upper chamber{G5253}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And it chaunsed in those dayes that she was sicke and dyed. When they had wesshed her and layd her in a chamber:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But it chaunced at the same tyme, that she was sicke, and dyed. Then wasshed they her, and layed her in a chaber.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And it came to passe in those dayes, that she was sicke & dyed: and when they had washed her, they layd her in an vpper chamber.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And it came to passe in those dayes that she was sicke, and dyed: Whom when they had wasshed, they layde her in an vpper chamber:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid [her] in an upper chamber.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass in those days, that she fell sick, and died: and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass in those days, that she fell sick, and died: and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 1:13 : 13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the upper room where they were staying—Peter, James, John, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
• Acts 20:8 : 8 There were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were gathered together.
• Acts 9:39 : 39 So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. All the widows stood around him weeping and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
• Mark 14:15 : 15 He will show you a large upstairs room, furnished and ready. Prepare for us there.
• John 11:3-4 : 3 So the sisters sent a message to him, saying, 'Lord, the one you love is sick.' 4 When Jesus heard it, he said, 'This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'
• John 11:36-37 : 36 Then the Jews said, 'See how he loved him!' 37 But some of them said, 'Couldn't he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?'