Acts 12:4-9 : 4 {
"verseID": "Acts.12.4",
"source": "Ὃν καὶ πιάσας, ἔθετο εἰς φυλακήν, παραδοὺς τέσσαρσιν τετραδίοις στρατιωτῶν φυλάσσειν αὐτόν· βουλόμενος μετὰ τὸ Πάσχα ἀναγαγεῖν αὐτὸν τῷ λαῷ.",
"text": "Whom also *piasas*, *etheto* into *phylakēn*, *paradous tessarsin tetradiois stratiōtōn phylassein* him; *boulomenos meta* the *Pascha anagagein* him to the *laō*.",
"grammar": {
"*piasas*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having arrested/seized",
"*etheto*": "aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - put/placed",
"*phylakēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - prison",
"*paradous*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having delivered/handed over",
"*tessarsin*": "dative, neuter, plural - to four",
"*tetradiois*": "dative, neuter, plural - squads of four",
"*stratiōtōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of soldiers",
"*phylassein*": "present active infinitive - to guard",
"*boulomenos*": "present middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - intending/wishing",
"*meta*": "preposition + accusative - after",
"*Pascha*": "accusative, neuter, singular - Passover",
"*anagagein*": "aorist active infinitive - to bring up/lead out",
"*laō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to the people"
},
"variants": {
"*piasas*": "having arrested/seized/captured",
"*etheto*": "put/placed/committed",
"*phylakēn*": "prison/custody/guard",
"*tetradiois stratiōtōn*": "squads of four soldiers each (four quaternions)",
"*anagagein*": "to bring forth/lead out/bring up (for trial)",
"*laō*": "people/crowd/populace"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Acts.12.5",
"source": "Ὁ μὲν οὖν Πέτρος ἐτηρεῖτο ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ: προσευχὴ δὲ ἦν ἐκτενὴς γινομένη ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ.",
"text": "The *men oun Petros etēreito* in the *phylakē*: *proseuchē de ēn ektenēs ginomenē* by the *ekklēsias pros* the *Theon hyper* him.",
"grammar": {
"*men oun*": "particles indicating continuation and contrast - so then/therefore",
"*Petros*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Peter",
"*etēreito*": "imperfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was being kept/guarded",
"*phylakē*": "dative, feminine, singular - in prison/custody",
"*proseuchē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - prayer",
"*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and",
"*ēn*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was",
"*ektenēs*": "nominative, feminine, singular, adjective - earnest/fervent/intense",
"*ginomenē*": "present middle/passive participle, nominative, feminine, singular - being made/happening",
"*ekklēsias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of the church/assembly",
"*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward",
"*Theon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - God",
"*hyper*": "preposition + genitive - on behalf of/for"
},
"variants": {
"*men oun*": "so then/therefore/accordingly",
"*etēreito*": "was being kept/guarded/held (continuous action)",
"*ektenēs*": "earnest/fervent/intense/stretched out",
"*pros ton Theon*": "to God/toward God",
"*hyper autou*": "on his behalf/for him"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Acts.12.6",
"source": "Ὅτε δὲ ἔμελλεν αὐτὸν προάγειν ὁ Ἡρώδης, τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ ἦν ὁ Πέτρος κοιμώμενος μεταξὺ δύο στρατιωτῶν, δεδεμένος ἁλύσεσιν δυσίν: φύλακές τε πρὸ τῆς θύρας ἐτήρουν τὴν φυλακήν.",
"text": "*Hote de emellen auton proagein ho Hērōdēs*, in the *nykti ekeinē ēn ho Petros koimōmenos metaxy dyo stratiōtōn, dedemenos halysesin dysin*: *phylakes te pro tēs thyras etēroun tēn phylakēn*.",
"grammar": {
"*Hote*": "subordinating conjunction - when",
"*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and",
"*emellen*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was about to/was going to",
"*auton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - him",
"*proagein*": "present active infinitive - to bring forth/lead out",
"*ho Hērōdēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Herod",
"*nykti*": "dative, feminine, singular - night",
"*ekeinē*": "demonstrative pronoun, dative, feminine, singular - that",
"*ēn*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was",
"*Petros*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Peter",
"*koimōmenos*": "present middle/passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - sleeping",
"*metaxy*": "preposition - between",
"*dyo*": "cardinal number - two",
"*stratiōtōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of soldiers",
"*dedemenos*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been bound",
"*halysesin*": "dative, feminine, plural - with chains",
"*dysin*": "cardinal number, dative - with two",
"*phylakes*": "nominative, masculine, plural - guards",
"*te*": "conjunction - and/also",
"*pro*": "preposition + genitive - before/in front of",
"*thyras*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of the door",
"*etēroun*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - were guarding",
"*phylakēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - prison/watch"
},
"variants": {
"*emellen proagein*": "was about to bring forth/lead out (for trial/execution)",
"*koimōmenos*": "sleeping/resting",
"*dedemenos halysesin dysin*": "bound with two chains",
"*etēroun tēn phylakēn*": "were guarding the prison/were keeping watch"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Acts.12.7",
"source": "Καὶ, ἰδού, ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐπέστη, καὶ φῶς ἔλαμψεν ἐν τῷ οἰκήματι: πατάξας δὲ τὴν πλευρὰν τοῦ Πέτρου, ἤγειρεν αὐτὸν, λέγων, Ἀνάστα ἐν τάχει. Καὶ ἐξέπεσον αὐτοῦ αἱ ἁλύσεις ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν.",
"text": "And, *idou*, *angelos Kyriou epestē*, and *phōs elampsen* in the *oikēmati*: *pataxas de tēn pleuran tou Petrou*, *ēgeiren auton*, *legōn*, *Anasta en tachei*. And *exepeson autou hai halyseis* from the *cheirōn*.",
"grammar": {
"*idou*": "aorist middle imperative used as interjection - behold/look",
"*angelos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - angel/messenger",
"*Kyriou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord",
"*epestē*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - stood by/appeared",
"*phōs*": "nominative, neuter, singular - light",
"*elampsen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - shone/gave light",
"*oikēmati*": "dative, neuter, singular - cell/room/dwelling",
"*pataxas*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having struck",
"*de*": "postpositive particle - and/but",
"*pleuran*": "accusative, feminine, singular - side",
"*tou Petrou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Peter",
"*ēgeiren*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - raised/woke up",
"*auton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - him",
"*legōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying",
"*Anasta*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - arise/get up",
"*en tachei*": "prepositional phrase - in haste/quickly",
"*exepeson*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - fell off",
"*autou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - his",
"*hai halyseis*": "nominative, feminine, plural - the chains",
"*cheirōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - of the hands"
},
"variants": {
"*idou*": "behold/look/see",
"*epestē*": "stood by/appeared suddenly/came upon",
"*pataxas*": "having struck/hit/tapped",
"*ēgeiren auton*": "raised him/woke him/roused him",
"*Anasta en tachei*": "Get up quickly/Rise up in haste",
"*exepeson*": "fell off/fell away/dropped off"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Acts.12.8",
"source": "Εἶπεν τε ὁ ἄγγελος πρὸς αὐτόν, Περίζῶσαι, καὶ ὑπόδησαι τὰ σανδάλιά σου. Ἐποίησεν δὲ οὕτως. Καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Περιβαλοῦ τὸ ἱμάτιόν σου, καὶ ἀκολούθει μοι.",
"text": "*Eipen te ho angelos pros auton*, *Perizōsai*, and *hypodēsai ta sandalia sou*. *Epoiēsen de houtōs*. And *legei autō*, *Peribalou to himation sou*, and *akolouthei moi*.",
"grammar": {
"*Eipen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said",
"*te*": "conjunction - and/also",
"*ho angelos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - the angel",
"*pros auton*": "preposition + accusative - to him",
"*Perizōsai*": "aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular - gird yourself/put on your belt",
"*hypodēsai*": "aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular - bind under/put on",
"*ta sandalia*": "accusative, neuter, plural - the sandals",
"*sou*": "genitive, singular - your",
"*Epoiēsen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he did",
"*de*": "postpositive particle - and/but",
"*houtōs*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*legei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - says/is saying",
"*autō*": "dative, masculine, singular - to him",
"*Peribalou*": "aorist middle imperative, 2nd person singular - put around/clothe yourself with",
"*to himation*": "accusative, neuter, singular - the cloak/outer garment",
"*akolouthei*": "present active imperative, 2nd person singular - follow"
},
"variants": {
"*Perizōsai*": "gird yourself/put on your belt/dress yourself",
"*hypodēsai ta sandalia*": "put on your sandals/bind on your sandals",
"*Peribalou to himation*": "put on your cloak/wrap your garment around you",
"*akolouthei moi*": "follow me/come after me"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Acts.12.9",
"source": "Καὶ ἐξελθὼν, ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ· καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ἀληθές ἐστιν τὸ γινόμενον διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου· ἐδόκει δὲ ὅραμα βλέπειν.",
"text": "And *exelthōn*, *ēkolouthei autō*; and not *ēdei* that *alēthes estin to ginomenon dia tou angelou*; *edokei de horama blepein*.",
"grammar": {
"*exelthōn*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having gone out",
"*ēkolouthei*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was following",
"*autō*": "dative, masculine, singular - him",
"*ēdei*": "pluperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - had known/knew",
"*alēthes*": "nominative, neuter, singular, adjective - true/real",
"*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is",
"*to ginomenon*": "present middle/passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - the thing happening",
"*dia*": "preposition + genitive - through/by means of",
"*tou angelou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of the angel",
"*edokei*": "imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was thinking/supposing",
"*de*": "postpositive particle - but/and",
"*horama*": "accusative, neuter, singular - vision",
"*blepein*": "present active infinitive - to see/behold"
},
"variants": {
"*exelthōn*": "having gone out/come out",
"*ēkolouthei*": "was following (continuous action)",
"*ēdei*": "knew/was aware",
"*to ginomenon*": "what was happening/taking place",
"*edokei horama blepein*": "was thinking he saw a vision/supposed he was seeing a vision"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Acts.12.10",
"source": "Διελθόντες δὲ πρώτην φυλακὴν καὶ δευτέραν, ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην τὴν σιδηρᾶν τὴν φέρουσαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν· ἥτις αὐτομάτη ἠνοίχθη αὐτοῖς: καὶ ἐξελθόντες, προῆλθον ῥύμην μίαν· καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέστη ὁ ἄγγελος ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.",
"text": "*Dielthontes de prōtēn phylakēn kai deuteran*, *ēlthon epi tēn pylēn tēn sidēran tēn pherousan eis tēn polin*; *hētis automatē ēnoichthē autois*: and *exelthontes*, *proēlthon rhymēn mian*; and *eutheōs apestē ho angelos ap' autou*.",
"grammar": {
"*Dielthontes*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having passed through",
"*de*": "postpositive particle - and/but",
"*prōtēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular, adjective - first",
"*phylakēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - guard post/watch",
"*kai*": "conjunction - and",
"*deuteran*": "accusative, feminine, singular, adjective - second",
"*ēlthon*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they came",
"*epi*": "preposition + accusative - to/upon",
"*tēn pylēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - the gate",
"*tēn sidēran*": "accusative, feminine, singular, adjective - the iron",
"*tēn pherousan*": "present active participle, accusative, feminine, singular - leading",
"*eis*": "preposition + accusative - into/to",
"*tēn polin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - the city",
"*hētis*": "relative pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - which",
"*automatē*": "nominative, feminine, singular, adjective - by itself/of its own accord",
"*ēnoichthē*": "aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was opened",
"*autois*": "dative, masculine, plural - for them",
"*exelthontes*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having gone out",
"*proēlthon*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they went forward",
"*rhymēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - street",
"*mian*": "accusative, feminine, singular, numeral - one",
"*eutheōs*": "adverb - immediately",
"*apestē*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - departed",
"*ap' autou*": "preposition + genitive - from him"
},
"variants": {
"*Dielthontes prōtēn phylakēn kai deuteran*": "having passed through the first and second guard posts",
"*tēn pylēn tēn sidēran*": "the iron gate",
"*tēn pherousan eis tēn polin*": "that leads to the city",
"*automatē*": "by itself/of its own accord/spontaneously",
"*proēlthon rhymēn mian*": "went forward one street",
"*eutheōs apestē*": "immediately departed/left"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Acts.12.11",
"source": "Καὶ ὁ Πέτρος γενόμενος ἐν ἑαυτῷ, εἶπεν, Νῦν οἶδα ἀληθῶς, ὅτι ἐξαπέστειλεν Κύριος τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξείλετό με ἐκ χειρὸς Ἡρώδου, καὶ πάσης τῆς προσδοκίας τοῦ λαοῦ τῶν Ἰουδαίων.",
"text": "And *ho Petros genomenos en heautō*, *eipen*, *Nyn oida alēthōs*, that *exapesteilen Kyrios ton angelon autou*, and *exeileto me ek cheiros Hērōdou*, and all the *prosdokias tou laou tōn Ioudaiōn*.",
"grammar": {
"*ho Petros*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Peter",
"*genomenos*": "aorist middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having come/become",
"*en heautō*": "preposition + dative - in himself/to his senses",
"*eipen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said",
"*Nyn*": "adverb - now",
"*oida*": "perfect active indicative, 1st person singular - I know",
"*alēthōs*": "adverb - truly/really",
"*exapesteilen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - sent out/forth",
"*Kyrios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Lord",
"*ton angelon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - the angel",
"*autou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - his",
"*exeileto*": "aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - rescued/delivered",
"*me*": "accusative, 1st person singular - me",
"*ek*": "preposition + genitive - from/out of",
"*cheiros*": "genitive, feminine, singular - hand",
"*Hērōdou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Herod",
"*pasēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular, adjective - all",
"*prosdokias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - expectation",
"*tou laou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of the people",
"*tōn Ioudaiōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of the Jews"
},
"variants": {
"*genomenos en heautō*": "coming to himself/becoming aware/coming to his senses",
"*oida alēthōs*": "I know truly/I am certain",
"*exapesteilen*": "sent out/forth/dispatched",
"*exeileto*": "rescued/delivered/snatched away",
"*cheiros Hērōdou*": "hand of Herod (figurative for power/control)",
"*prosdokias tou laou tōn Ioudaiōn*": "expectation of the Jewish people (what they expected to happen to Peter)"
}
}