18 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.18",
"source": "Τινὲς δὲ τῶν Ἐπικουρείων, καὶ τῶν Στωϊκῶν, φιλοσόφων συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ. Καί τινες ἔλεγον, Τί ἂν θέλοι ὁ σπερμολόγος οὗτος λέγειν; οἱ δέ, Ξένων δαιμονίων δοκεῖ καταγγελεὺς εἶναι: ὅτι τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῖς εὐηγγελίζετο.",
"text": "Some *de* of the *Epikoureiōn*, and of the *Stōikōn*, *philosophōn* *syneballon* with him. And some *elegon*, What *an* *theloi* the *spermologos* this to *legein*? Others *de*, Of foreign *daimoniōn* he *dokei* *katangeleus* to *einai*: because the *Iēsoun*, and the *anastasin* to them he *euēngelizeto*.",
"grammar": {
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*Epikoureiōn*": "genitive plural masculine - of Epicureans",
"*Stōikōn*": "genitive plural masculine - of Stoics",
"*philosophōn*": "genitive plural masculine - of philosophers",
"*syneballon*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were encountering/debating",
"*elegon*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were saying",
"*an*": "particle - would/might (with potential optative)",
"*theloi*": "present active optative, 3rd person singular - he might wish/want",
"*spermologos*": "nominative singular masculine - babbler/seed-picker",
"*legein*": "present active infinitive - to say",
"*daimoniōn*": "genitive plural neuter - of divinities/deities",
"*dokei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he seems",
"*katangeleus*": "nominative singular masculine - proclaimer/announcer",
"*einai*": "present active infinitive - to be",
"*Iēsoun*": "accusative singular masculine - Jesus",
"*anastasin*": "accusative singular feminine - resurrection",
"*euēngelizeto*": "imperfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he was proclaiming good news"
},
"variants": {
"*syneballon*": "were encountering/debating with/engaging with",
"*theloi*": "might wish/might want/would mean",
"*spermologos*": "babbler/seed-picker/one who picks up scraps of knowledge",
"*daimoniōn*": "divinities/deities/spirits",
"*dokei*": "seems/appears",
"*katangeleus*": "proclaimer/announcer/herald",
"*anastasin*": "resurrection/rising up",
"*euēngelizeto*": "was proclaiming good news/was evangelizing/was announcing"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.19",
"source": "Ἐπιλαβόμενοί τε αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τὸν Ἄρειον πάγον, ἤγαγον λέγοντες, Δυνάμεθα γνῶναι τίς ἡ καινὴ αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ σοῦ λαλουμένη διδαχή;",
"text": "*Epilabomenoi* *te* him, to the *Areion* *pagon*, they *ēgagon* *legontes*, Are we able to *gnōnai* what the *kainē* this the by you *laloumenē* *didachē*?",
"grammar": {
"*Epilabomenoi*": "aorist middle participle, nominative plural masculine - having taken hold of",
"*te*": "conjunction - and",
"*Areion*": "accusative singular masculine - Areopagus (Mars Hill)",
"*pagon*": "accusative singular masculine - hill/rock",
"*ēgagon*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they led/brought",
"*legontes*": "present active participle, nominative plural masculine - saying",
"*gnōnai*": "aorist active infinitive - to know",
"*kainē*": "nominative singular feminine - new",
"*laloumenē*": "present passive participle, nominative singular feminine - being spoken",
"*didachē*": "nominative singular feminine - teaching/doctrine"
},
"variants": {
"*Epilabomenoi*": "taking hold of/grasping/seizing (not violently)",
"*Areion pagon*": "Areopagus/Mars Hill (a meeting place for philosophical discussions)",
"*ēgagon*": "led/brought/took",
"*gnōnai*": "to know/understand/learn",
"*kainē*": "new/novel/fresh",
"*laloumenē*": "being spoken/being talked about",
"*didachē*": "teaching/doctrine/instruction"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.20",
"source": "Ξενίζοντα γάρ τινα εἰσφέρεις εἰς τὰς ἀκοὰς ἡμῶν: βουλόμεθα οὖν γνῶναι τί ἂν θέλοι ταῦτα εἶναι.",
"text": "*Xenizonta* *gar* some things you *eisphereis* to the *akoas* of us: we *boulometha* *oun* to *gnōnai* what *an* *theloi* these things to *einai*.",
"grammar": {
"*Xenizonta*": "present active participle, accusative plural neuter - strange/foreign",
"*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for",
"*eisphereis*": "present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you bring in",
"*akoas*": "accusative plural feminine - ears/hearing",
"*boulometha*": "present middle indicative, 1st person plural - we wish/want",
"*oun*": "inferential particle - therefore",
"*gnōnai*": "aorist active infinitive - to know",
"*an*": "particle - would/might (with potential optative)",
"*theloi*": "present active optative, 3rd person singular - might mean/would be",
"*einai*": "present active infinitive - to be"
},
"variants": {
"*Xenizonta*": "strange/foreign/surprising",
"*eisphereis*": "bring in/introduce/present",
"*akoas*": "ears/hearing",
"*boulometha*": "wish/want/desire",
"*gnōnai*": "to know/understand",
"*theloi*": "might mean/would be/could signify"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.21",
"source": "(Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ πάντες καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες ξένοι εἰς οὐδὲν ἕτερον εὐκαίρουν, ἢ λέγειν τι, καὶ ἀκούειν καινότερον.)",
"text": "(*Athēnaioi* *de* all and the *epidēmountes* *xenoi* for *ouden* *heteron* *eukairoun*, than to *legein* something, and to *akouein* something *kainoteron*.)",
"grammar": {
"*Athēnaioi*": "nominative plural masculine - Athenians",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - and/now",
"*epidēmountes*": "present active participle, nominative plural masculine - residing/visiting",
"*xenoi*": "nominative plural masculine - strangers/foreigners",
"*ouden*": "accusative singular neuter - nothing",
"*heteron*": "accusative singular neuter - other",
"*eukairoun*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - they were spending time",
"*legein*": "present active infinitive - to say/tell",
"*akouein*": "present active infinitive - to hear",
"*kainoteron*": "comparative adjective, accusative singular neuter - newer/more novel"
},
"variants": {
"*epidēmountes*": "residing/visiting/sojourning",
"*xenoi*": "strangers/foreigners/visitors",
"*eukairoun*": "were spending time/had leisure for/devoted time to",
"*kainoteron*": "newer/more novel/the latest thing"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.22",
"source": "¶Σταθεὶς δὲ ὁ Παῦλος ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἀρείου πάγου, ἔφη, Ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, κατὰ πάντα ὡς δεισιδαιμονεστέρους ὑμᾶς θεωρῶ.",
"text": "*Statheis* *de* the *Paulos* in middle of the *Areiou* *pagou*, *ephē*, Men *Athēnaioi*, according to all things as *deisidaimonesterous* you I *theōrō*.",
"grammar": {
"*Statheis*": "aorist passive participle, nominative singular masculine - having stood",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - and/but",
"*Paulos*": "nominative singular masculine - Paul",
"*Areiou*": "genitive singular masculine - of Areopagus",
"*pagou*": "genitive singular masculine - of hill",
"*ephē*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said/was saying",
"*Athēnaioi*": "vocative plural masculine - Athenians",
"*deisidaimonesterous*": "comparative adjective, accusative plural masculine - more religious/superstitious",
"*theōrō*": "present active indicative, 1st person singular - I observe/perceive"
},
"variants": {
"*Statheis*": "having stood/standing/taking his position",
"*ephē*": "said/declared/affirmed",
"*deisidaimonesterous*": "more religious/more superstitious/more reverent toward divine things",
"*theōrō*": "observe/perceive/see"
}
}
23 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.23",
"source": "Διερχόμενος γὰρ, καὶ ἀναθεωρῶν τὰ σεβάσματα ὑμῶν, εὗρον καὶ βωμὸν ἐν ᾧ ἐπεγέγραπτο, Ἀγνώστῳ Θεῷ. Ὃν οὖν ἀγνοοῦντες εὐσεβεῖτε, τοῦτον ἐγὼ καταγγέλλω ὑμῖν.",
"text": "*Dierchomenos* *gar*, and *anatheōrōn* the *sebasmata* of you, I *heuron* also *bōmon* on which *epegegrapto*, To Unknown *Theō*. Whom therefore *agnoountes* you *eusebeite*, this one *egō* *katangellō* to you.",
"grammar": {
"*Dierchomenos*": "present middle participle, nominative singular masculine - passing through",
"*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for",
"*anatheōrōn*": "present active participle, nominative singular masculine - observing carefully",
"*sebasmata*": "accusative plural neuter - objects of worship",
"*heuron*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I found",
"*bōmon*": "accusative singular masculine - altar",
"*epegegrapto*": "pluperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - had been inscribed",
"*Theō*": "dative singular masculine - to God",
"*agnoountes*": "present active participle, nominative plural masculine - not knowing",
"*eusebeite*": "present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you worship",
"*egō*": "personal pronoun, nominative singular - I",
"*katangellō*": "present active indicative, 1st person singular - I proclaim/announce"
},
"variants": {
"*Dierchomenos*": "passing through/going around/traversing",
"*anatheōrōn*": "observing carefully/examining closely/looking at attentively",
"*sebasmata*": "objects of worship/shrines/sacred things",
"*bōmon*": "altar/raised platform",
"*epegegrapto*": "had been inscribed/had been written upon",
"*agnoountes*": "not knowing/being ignorant of",
"*eusebeite*": "worship/revere/venerate",
"*katangellō*": "proclaim/announce/declare"
}
}
24 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.24",
"source": "Ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν κόσμον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ, οὗτος οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς Κύριος ὑπάρχων, οὐκ ἐν χειροποιήτοις ναοῖς κατοικεῖ·",
"text": "The *Theos* the *poiēsas* the *kosmon* and all the things in it, this one of *ouranou* and *gēs* *Kyrios* *hyparchōn*, not in *cheiropoiētois* *naois* *katoikei*;",
"grammar": {
"*Theos*": "nominative singular masculine - God",
"*poiēsas*": "aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine - having made",
"*kosmon*": "accusative singular masculine - world",
"*ouranou*": "genitive singular masculine - of heaven",
"*gēs*": "genitive singular feminine - of earth",
"*Kyrios*": "nominative singular masculine - Lord",
"*hyparchōn*": "present active participle, nominative singular masculine - being/existing",
"*cheiropoiētois*": "dative plural masculine - hand-made",
"*naois*": "dative plural masculine - temples",
"*katoikei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - he dwells"
},
"variants": {
"*poiēsas*": "having made/created/fashioned",
"*kosmon*": "world/universe/ordered system",
"*Kyrios*": "Lord/Master/Ruler",
"*hyparchōn*": "being/existing/subsisting",
"*cheiropoiētois*": "hand-made/man-made",
"*naois*": "temples/shrines/sanctuaries",
"*katoikei*": "dwells/inhabits/resides"
}
}
25 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.25",
"source": "Οὐδὲ ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων θεραπεύεται, προσδεόμενός τινος, αὐτὸς διδοὺς πᾶσι ζωὴν, καὶ πνοὴν, καὶ τὰ πάντα·",
"text": "Neither by *cheirōn* of *anthrōpōn* is he *therapeuetai*, *prosdeomenos* of anything, himself *didous* to all *zōēn*, and *pnoēn*, and all things;",
"grammar": {
"*cheirōn*": "genitive plural feminine - of hands",
"*anthrōpōn*": "genitive plural masculine - of humans",
"*therapeuetai*": "present passive indicative, 3rd person singular - is served/cared for",
"*prosdeomenos*": "present middle participle, nominative singular masculine - needing in addition",
"*didous*": "present active participle, nominative singular masculine - giving",
"*zōēn*": "accusative singular feminine - life",
"*pnoēn*": "accusative singular feminine - breath"
},
"variants": {
"*therapeuetai*": "is served/is cared for/is ministered to",
"*prosdeomenos*": "needing in addition/requiring/being in want of",
"*didous*": "giving/granting/providing",
"*zōēn*": "life/existence",
"*pnoēn*": "breath/breathing/respiration"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.26",
"source": "Ἐποίησέν τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵματός πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, ὁρίσας προτεταγμένους καιροὺς, καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν·",
"text": "He *epoiēsen* *te* from one *haimatos* every *ethnos* of *anthrōpōn* to *katoikein* upon all the *prosōpon* of the *gēs*, having *horisas* predetermined *kairous*, and the *horothesias* of the *katoikias* of them;",
"grammar": {
"*epoiēsen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he made",
"*te*": "conjunction - and/also",
"*haimatos*": "genitive singular neuter - of blood",
"*ethnos*": "accusative singular neuter - nation",
"*anthrōpōn*": "genitive plural masculine - of humans",
"*katoikein*": "present active infinitive - to dwell",
"*prosōpon*": "accusative singular neuter - face/surface",
"*gēs*": "genitive singular feminine - of earth",
"*horisas*": "aorist active participle, nominative singular masculine - having determined",
"*kairous*": "accusative plural masculine - times/seasons",
"*horothesias*": "accusative plural feminine - boundaries",
"*katoikias*": "genitive singular feminine - of dwelling/habitation"
},
"variants": {
"*epoiēsen*": "made/created/fashioned",
"*haimatos*": "blood/bloodline/ancestry",
"*ethnos*": "nation/people/race",
"*katoikein*": "to dwell/inhabit/live",
"*prosōpon*": "face/surface/presence",
"*horisas*": "having determined/appointed/fixed",
"*kairous*": "times/seasons/appointed periods",
"*horothesias*": "boundaries/limits/borders",
"*katoikias*": "dwelling/habitation/settlement"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Acts.17.27",
"source": "Ζητεῖν τὸν Κύριον, εἰ ἄρα γε ψηλαφήσειαν αὐτὸν, καὶ εὕροιεν, καίτοιγε οὐ μακρὰν ἀπὸ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου ἡμῶν ὑπάρχοντα:",
"text": "To *zētein* the *Kyrion*, if *ara* *ge* they might *psēlaphēseian* him, and might *heuroien*, though indeed not *makran* from one *hekastou* of us *hyparchonta*:",
"grammar": {
"*zētein*": "present active infinitive - to seek",
"*Kyrion*": "accusative singular masculine - Lord",
"*ara*": "inferential particle - therefore/consequently",
"*ge*": "emphatic particle - indeed/at least",
"*psēlaphēseian*": "aorist active optative, 3rd person plural - they might feel after/grope for",
"*heuroien*": "aorist active optative, 3rd person plural - they might find",
"*makran*": "adverb - far",
"*hekastou*": "genitive singular masculine - of each",
"*hyparchonta*": "present active participle, accusative singular masculine - being/existing"
},
"variants": {
"*zētein*": "to seek/search for/look for",
"*ara*": "therefore/consequently/then",
"*psēlaphēseian*": "might feel after/might grope for/might touch",
"*heuroien*": "might find/might discover",
"*makran*": "far/distant",
"*hyparchonta*": "being/existing/present"
}
}