Acts 1:8

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But ye shall receaue power, after that the holy ghost is come vpon you: And ye shalbe witnesses vnto me, both in Hierusalem, and in al Iurie, & in Samarie, and euen vnto the worldes ende.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλὰ λήψεσθε δύναμιν, ἐπελθόντος τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς: καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι μάρτυρες ἔν τε Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, καὶ Σαμαρείᾳ, καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς.

Transliteration

But you lēpsesthe dynamin, epelthontos the Hagiou Pneumatos upon you: and you esesthe to me martyres in both Ierousalēm, and in all the Ioudaia, and Samareia, and until eschatou of the gēs.

Grammar Details

• *lēpsesthe*: future, middle, indicative, 2nd person plural - you will receive
• *dynamin*: accusative, feminine, singular - power
• *epelthontos*: aorist, active, participle, genitive, neuter, singular - having come upon
• *Hagiou Pneumatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - Holy Spirit
• *esesthe*: future, middle, indicative, 2nd person plural - you will be
• *martyres*: nominative, masculine, plural - witnesses
• *Ierousalēm*: dative, feminine, singular - Jerusalem (indeclinable)
• *Ioudaia*: dative, feminine, singular - Judea
• *Samareia*: dative, feminine, singular - Samaria
• *eschatou*: genitive, neuter, singular - uttermost/farthest
• *gēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *lēpsesthe*: you will receive/obtain/take
• *dynamin*: power/strength/ability
• *epelthontos*: having come upon/arrived/descended upon
• *martyres*: witnesses/testifiers
• *eschatou*: uttermost/farthest/end
• *gēs*: earth/land/world

Referenced Verses

• Acts 10:38-41 : 38 Howe God annoynted Iesus of Nazareth, with the holy ghoste, and with power: Who went about doyng good, and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuyll, for God was with hym. 39 And we are witnesses of all thynges which he dyd in the land of the Iewes, and at Hierusalem, whom they slewe, and hanged on tree. 40 Hym God raysed vp the thirde daye, and shewed hym openly, 41 Not to al the people, but vnto vs witnesses, chosen before of God, euen to vs whiche dyd eate and drynke with hym after he arose from the dead.
• Acts 4:33 : 33 And with great power gaue the Apostles witnesse of the resurrection of the Lorde Iesu: And great grace was with them all.
• Rom 15:19 : 19 In myghtie signes and wonders, by the power of the spirite of God: so that from Hierusalem, & the coastes rounde about, vnto Illyricum, I haue fullye preached the Gospell of Christe.
• Mark 16:15 : 15 And he sayde vnto them: Go ye into all the worlde, and preache the Gospell to all creatures.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therfore, & teache all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the sonne, and of the holye ghost:
• Acts 2:1-4 : 1 And when the day of Pentecost was, they were all with one accorde in one place: 2 And sodenly there came a sounde fro heauen, as it had ben the commyng of a mightie wynde, and it fylled all the house where they sate. 3 And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues, lyke as they had ben of fyre, and it sate vpon eche one of them. 4 And they were all fylled with the holy ghost, and began to speake with other tongues, as the spirite gaue them vtteraunce.
• Luke 24:46-49 : 46 And sayde vnto them: Thus is it written, and thus it behoued Christe to suffer, and to rise agayne from death the thirde day: 47 And that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name among all nations, and must begyn at Hierusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these thynges. 49 And beholde I wyll sende the promise of my father vpon you: But tary ye in the citie of Hierusalem, vntyll ye be endued with power from an hye.
• Acts 5:32 : 32 And we are recordes of these thynges which we say, & so is also the holy ghost, whom God hath geuen to them that obey hym.
• Acts 6:8 : 8 And Steuen full of fayth & power, dyd great wonders & miracles among the people.
• Rom 10:18 : 18 But I aske: Haue they not hearde? No doubt, their sounde went out into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.
• Acts 1:5 : 5 For Iohn truely baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holy ghost, after these fewe dayes.
• John 15:27 : 27 And ye shall beare witnesse also, because ye haue ben with me from the begynnyng.
• Zech 4:6 : 6 He aunswered and saide vnto me: This is the worde of the Lorde vnto Zorobabel, saying, Neither through an hoast of men, nor through strength: but through my spirite, saith the Lorde of hoastes.
• Acts 2:32 : 32 This Iesus hath God raysed vp, wherof we all are witnesses.
• Acts 8:5-9 : 5 Then came Philip into the citie of Samaria, & preached Christe vnto the. 6 And the people gaue heede vnto those thynges whiche Philip spake with one accorde, hearyng and seing the miracles which he dyd. 7 For vncleane spirites, crying with loude voyce, came out of manye that were possessed with them. And many taken with paulsies, & many that haulted, were healed. 8 And there was great ioy in that citie. 9 But there was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same citie vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he was a man that coulde do great thynges: 10 Whom they regarded from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God. 11 And hym they sette much by, because that of long tyme he had bewitched the with sorseries. 12 But assoone as they gaue credence to Philips preachyng of the kyngdome of God, and of the name of Iesus Christe, they were baptized, both men & wome. 13 Then Simon him selfe beleued also: And whe he was baptized, he continued with Philip, & wondred, beholding the miracles & signes which were shewed. 14 When the apostles whiche were at Hierusalem, hearde say that Samaria hadde receaued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn. 15 Which when they were come downe, prayed for the that they myght receaue the holy ghost. 16 (For as yet he was come downe vpon none of them, but they were baptized only in the name of Christ Iesu.) 17 Then layde they their handes on the, and they receaued the holy ghost. 18 And when Simon sawe, that thorow laying on of the apostles handes, ye holy ghost was geuen, he offred the money, 19 Saying: Geue me also this power, that on whomsoeuer I put the hands, he may receaue the holy ghost. 20 But Peter sayde vnto him: Thy money perishe with thee, because thou hast thought that the gyfte of God may be obteyned with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor felowship in this busynesse: For thy hearte is not ryght in the syght of God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickednesse, & praye God, if perhaps ye thought of thyne heart may be forgeuen thee. 23 For I perceaue yt thou art in the gall of bitternesse, & wrapped in iniquitie. 24 The aunswered Simon & said: Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these thinges which ye haue spoke fall on me. 25 And they, when they had testified and preached the worde of the Lorde, returned towarde Hierusalem, and preached the Gospell in many townes of the Samaritanes.
• Acts 13:31 : 31 And he was seene many dayes of them which came vp with hym from Galilee to Hierusalem, which are his witnesses vnto the people.
• Acts 22:15 : 15 For thou shalt be his witnesse vnto all men, of those thynges which thou hast seene and hearde:
• Acts 3:15 : 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe, whom God hath raysed from the dead: of the which we are witnesses.
• Acts 1:22 : 22 Begynnyng from the baptisme of Iohn, vnto that same day that he was take vp from vs, must one be ordeyned, to be a witnesse with vs of his resurrection.
• Acts 8:1 : 1 And Saul consented vnto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against ye Churche which was at Hierusalem, and they were all scattered abrode thorowout the regions of Iurie, and Samaria, except the apostles.
• Matt 24:14 : 14 And this Gospell of the kyngdome, shalbe preached in all the worlde, for a witnesse vnto all nations: and then shall the ende come.
• Luke 10:19 : 19 Beholde, I geue vnto you power to treade on serpentes, and scorpions, and ouer all maner power of the enemie, & nothyng shall hurt you.
• Luke 24:29 : 29 And they constrayned hym, saying: abyde with vs, for it draweth towarde nyght, and the day is farre passed. And he went in to tary with them.
• Isa 52:10 : 10 The Lorde hath made bare his holy arme, and shewed it foorth in the syght of all the gentiles, and all the endes of the earth hath seene the sauyng health of our God.
• Jer 16:19 : 19 O Lorde my strength, my power and refuge in tyme of trouble: the gentiles shall come vnto thee from the endes of the worlde, and say, Ueryly our fathers haue cleaued vnto lyes, their idols are but vayne and vnprofitable.
• Mic 3:8 : 8 Yet notwithstanding, I am full of power by the spirite of the Lorde, and of iudgement, and of strength, to declare vnto Iacob his transgression, and to Israel his sinne.
• Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue grounded & stablisshed in the fayth, and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospell, which ye haue hearde howe it is preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen, wherof I Paul am made a minister.
• Isa 66:19 : 19 Unto them shall I geue a token, and sende certayne of the that be deliuered among the gentiles, into Cilicia, Affrica, and Lydia, where men can handle bowes, into Italie, and also Greeke lande: The Isles farre of that haue not hearde speake of me, and haue not seene my glorie, shall preache my prayse among the gentiles.
• Ps 22:27 : 27 All the endes of the worlde shall remember them selues and be turned vnto God: and all the kinredes of the nations shall worshyp before thy face.
• Luke 1:35 : 35 And the Angel aunswered, & saide vnto her: The holy ghost shall come vpon thee, & the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee. Therefore also that holy thyng whiche shalbe borne, shalbe called the sonne of God.
• Ps 98:3 : 3 He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israel: and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluation of our Lorde.
• Isa 42:10 : 10 Sing vnto the Lorde a newe song of thankesgeuing, blowe out his prayse from the ende of the worlde: they that be vpon the sea, and all that is therein prayse hym, the Isles and they that dwell in them.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 And he sayde: It is but a small thyng that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinredes of Iacob, and to restore the destruction of Israel: For I haue made thee the lyght of the gentiles, that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde.
• Rev 11:3-6 : 3 And I wyl geue power vnto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesie a thousande, two hundred, and threescore dayes, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are two oliue trees, and two candlestickes, standyng before the God of the earth. 5 And yf any man wyll hurt them, fyre shal proceade out of their mouthes, & cosume their enemies: And if any man wil hurt them, this wyse must he be kylled. 6 These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng: and haue power ouer waters, to turne them to blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as they wyll.