Acts 14:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And saying: Sirs, why do ye these thynges? We are mortall men lyke vnto you, and preach vnto you, that ye shoulde turne from these vanities, vnto the lyuyng God, which made heauen and earth, and the sea, and all thynges that are therin.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ, λέγοντες, Ἄνδρες, τί ταῦτα ποιεῖτε; Καὶ ἡμεῖς ὁμοιοπαθεῖς ἐσμεν ὑμῖν ἄνθρωποι, εὐαγγελιζόμενοι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν ματαίων ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπὶ τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ζῶντα, ὃς ἐποίησεν τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς:

Transliteration

And, legontes, Andres, why these things poieite? Also we homoiopatheis esmen to you anthrōpoi, euangelizomenoi you from these mataiōn to epistrephein to the Theon the zōnta, who epoiēsen the ouranon, and the gēn, and the thalassan, and all the things in them:

Grammar Details

• *legontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - saying
• *Andres*: vocative masculine plural - men
• *poieite*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you do/are doing
• *homoiopatheis*: nominative masculine plural - having like feelings/similar nature
• *esmen*: present active indicative, 1st person plural - we are
• *anthrōpoi*: nominative masculine plural - humans/people
• *euangelizomenoi*: present middle participle, nominative masculine plural - proclaiming good news
• *mataiōn*: genitive neuter plural - vain things/worthless things
• *epistrephein*: present active infinitive - to turn/return
• *Theon*: accusative masculine singular - God
• *zōnta*: present active participle, accusative masculine singular - living
• *epoiēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - made/created
• *ouranon*: accusative masculine singular - heaven/sky
• *gēn*: accusative feminine singular - earth/land
• *thalassan*: accusative feminine singular - sea
• *panta*: accusative neuter plural - all things

Word Meanings

• *homoiopatheis*: with like feelings/of similar nature/with the same nature
• *mataiōn*: vain things/worthless things/empty practices
• *epistrephein epi ton Theon ton zōnta*: to turn to the living God/to convert to the living God
• *epoiēsen ton ouranon kai tēn gēn kai tēn thalassan*: made the heaven and the earth and the sea (reference to creation)

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 Neither turne ye away, for then ye go after vayne thinges, which are not able to profite you, nor deliuer you, for they are but vanitie.)
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne, or geue the showres from heauen? Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God? we wyll trust in thee, for thou doest all these thynges.
• Acts 10:26 : 26 But Peter toke him vp, saying: stande vp, I my selfe also am a man.
• 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 As concerning the eating of those thinges that are offered vnto idols, we are sure that an idoll is nothing in the worlde, and that there is none other God but one.
• Jas 5:17 : 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes.
• Rev 14:7 : 7 Saying with a loude voyce: Feare God, and geue honour to hym, for the houre of his iudgement is come: and worshippe hym that made heauen and earth, and the sea, and fountaynes of water.
• 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entryng in we had vnto you, and howe ye turned to God from images, to serue the lyuyng and true God.
• Deut 32:21 : 21 They haue angred me with that which is no god, and prouoked me with their vanities: And I also wyll prouoke them with those whiche are no people, I wyll anger them with a foolishe nation.
• Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginnyng GOD created ye heauen and the earth.
• Jer 8:19 : 19 For lo, the voyce of the crying of my people is hearde, for feare of them that come from a farre countrey: Is not the Lord in Sion? Is not her king in her? Wherefore then haue they greeued me shall the Lorde say with their images, and foolishe straunge fashions of a forraine god?
• Matt 16:16 : 16 Simon Peter aunswered and sayde: Thou art Christe, the sonne of the lyuyng God.
• Acts 4:24 : 24 And when they hearde that, they lyft vp their voyces to God with one accorde, and sayde: Lorde, thou art God, which hast made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
• Acts 7:26 : 26 And the next day he shewed hym selfe vnto them as they stroue, and woulde haue set them at one agayne, saying: Sirs, ye are brethren, why do ye wrong one to another?
• Josh 3:10 : 10 And Iosuah sayde: Hereby ye shall knowe that the liuing God is among you, and that he will without fayle cast out before you the Chanaanites, and the Hethithes, the Heuites, the Pherezites, the Gergesites, the Amorites, and the Iebusites.
• 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But yf I tary long, that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God, whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God, the pyller and grounde of trueth.
• Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heede brethren, lest at any tyme there be in you an euyll heart of vnbeliefe, to depart from the lyuyng God:
• Eph 4:17 : 17 This I say therfore, and testifie in the Lorde, that ye hencefoorth walke not as other gentiles walke, in vanitie of their mynde:
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And the people gaue a shout saying It is the voyce of God, & not of a man. 23 And immediatly the Angel of ye Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God ye honour, & he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
• Acts 13:32 : 32 And we declare vnto you, howe that the promise which was made vnto the fathers,
• Acts 14:7 : 7 And there preached the Gospell.
• Acts 14:21 : 21 And when they had preached to that citie, and had taught many, they returned agayne to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioche,
• Acts 16:30 : 30 And brought them out, & sayde: Syrs, what must I do to be saued?
• Acts 17:16-18 : 16 Whyle Paul wayted for them at Athens, his spirite was moued in hym, when he sawe the citie geue to worshippyng of idoles. 17 Therfore disputed he in the synagogue with the Iewes, and with the deuout persons, and in the market dayly with them that came vnto hym by chaunce. 18 Then certaine philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes disputed with hym. And some saide: What wyll this babler say? Other some, he seemeth to be a setter foorth of newe gods: because he preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.
• Acts 17:24-30 : 24 God that made the worlde, & all that are in it, seing that he is Lorde of heaue and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with handes: 25 Neither is worshipped with mens handes, as though he needed of any thing, seing he him selfe geueth life and breath to all, euery where. 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men, for to dwell on all ye face of the earth, & hath determined the tymes before appoynted, and also the boundes of their habitation: 27 That they shoulde seke the Lorde, yf perhappes they myght haue felt and founde hym, though he be not farre fro euery one of vs. 28 For in hym we liue, and moue, & haue our beyng, as certaine of your owne poetes sayde: for we are also his offpryng. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offpring of God, we ought not to thynke that the Godhead is lyke vnto golde, siluer, or stone, grauen by art, and mans deuice. 30 And the tyme of this ignoraunce God wyncked at: but nowe byddeth all men euery where to repent:
• Acts 26:17-20 : 17 Delyueryng thee from the people, and from the gentiles, vnto whom nowe I sende thee, 18 To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me. 19 Wherfore, O kyng Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly visio: 20 But shewed first vnto them of Damascus, & at Hierusalem, and throughout all the coastes of Iurie, and then to the gentiles, that they shoulde repent, and turne to God, and do such workes as become them that repent.
• Acts 27:10 : 10 And sayde vnto them: Syrs, I perceaue that this vyage will be with hurt and much damage, not of the ladyng and shippe only, but also of our lyues.
• Acts 27:21 : 21 But after long abstinence, Paul stoode foorth in the middes of them, and sayde: Syrs, ye shoulde haue harkened to me, & not to haue loosed fro Candie, neither to haue brought vnto vs this harme and losse.
• Acts 27:25 : 25 Wherfore syrs be of good cheare: for I beleue God, that it shalbe euen as it was tolde me.
• Rom 1:20-23 : 20 For his inuisible thinges, being vnderstanded by his workes, through the creation of the worlde, are seene, that is, both his eternall power and godhead: So that they are without excuse. 21 Because that when they knewe God, they glorified hym not as God, neither were thankefull, but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations, and their foolishe heart was blynded. 22 When they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles: 23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God, vnto an image, made not only after the similitude of a mortal man, but also of birdes, and foure footed beastes, and of crepyng beastes.
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feete to worship him. And he saide vnto me: See thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt, and of thy brethren, euen of them that haue the testimonie of Iesus. Worship God: For the testimonie of Iesus, is the spirite of prophesie.
• Rev 19:19 : 19 And I sawe the beast, and the kinges of the earth, and their warryers gathered together, to make battayle agaynst hym that sate on the horse, and agaynst his souldyers.
• Rev 22:9 : 9 And he sayde vnto me: see thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt, and the felowe seruaunt of thy brethren the prophetes, and of them which kepe the sayinges of this booke: But worshippe God.
• John 5:26 : 26 For as the father hath lyfe in hym selfe: so lykewyse hath he geuen to the sonne, to haue lyfe in hym selfe:
• John 7:18 : 18 He that speaketh of hym selfe, seketh his owne praise: But he that seketh his praise that sent hym, the same is true, & no vnryghteousnes is in hym.
• Acts 3:12-13 : 12 And when Peter sawe that, he aunswered vnto the people: Ye men of Israel, why maruayle ye at this, or why loke ye so on vs, as though by our owne power or godlynesse, we had made this man to go? 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Iacob, the God of our fathers hath glorified his sonne Iesus, whom ye betrayed and denyed in the presence of Pilate, when he had iudged hym to be loosed.
• Jer 32:17 : 17 O Lorde God, it is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy great power and hye arme, and there is nothing hid from thee.
• Dan 2:28-30 : 28 But there is a God in heauen that reuealeth secretes, & sheweth the king Nabuchodonozor what is for to come in the latter dayes. Thy dreame and that whiche thou hast seene in thyne head vpon thy bed, is this. 29 O king, when thou wast in thy bed, thoughtes came into thy mynde what should come hereafter: so he that is the opener of misteries, telleth thee what is for to come. 30 As for me, this secrete is not shewed me for any wysdome that I haue more then any other liuing: but onely that I might shew the king the interpretation, and that thou mightest knowe the thoughtes of thyne owne heart.
• Dan 6:26 : 26 My commaundement is in all my dominion and kingdome, that men feare and stand in awe of Daniels God: for he is the liuing God which abideth euer, his kindgome shall not fayle, and his power is euerlasting.
• Amos 2:4 : 4 Thus sayth the Lorde, For three wickednesses of Iuda, and for foure I will not spare hym: because they haue cast away the lawe of the Lord, and haue not kept his ordinaunces, and their lies caused them to erre, after the which their fathers walked.
• Jonah 2:8 : 8 They that holde vpon lying vanitie, forsake his mercie.
• Zech 12:1 : 1 The heauy burthen which the Lorde hath deuised for Israel. Thus saith the Lorde which spread the heauens abrode, layde the foundatio of the earth, and gaue man the breath of lyfe,
• Jer 10:3-5 : 3 Yea all the customes and lawes of the gentiles are nothing but vanitie: They hewe downe a tree in the wood with the handes of the workeman, and fashion it with the axe. 4 They couer it ouer with golde or siluer, they fasten it with nailes and hammers, that it moue not. 5 It standeth as stiffe as the Palme tree, it can neither speake nor go one foote, but must be borne: Be not ye afraide of suche, for they can do neither good nor euill.
• Jer 10:8 : 8 They are altogether brutishe and vnwise in this one thing: wood is the teaching of vanitie.
• Jer 10:10-11 : 10 But the Lorde is a true God, a liuing God, and an euerlasting kyng: if he be wroth, the earth shaketh, all the gentiles may not abide his indignation. 11 As for their gods thus shall you say to them, they are no gods that made neither heauen nor earth, therfore shall they perishe from the earth, and from all thinges vnder heauen.
• Jer 10:14-15 : 14 His wisdome maketh all men fooles, and confounded be casters of images: for that they cast, is but a vayne thing, and hath no life. 15 The vayne craftesmen with their workes that they in their vanitie haue made, shall perishe one with another in time of visitation.
• Gen 41:16 : 16 Ioseph aunswered Pharao, saying: Not I, but God shall geue Pharao an aunswere of peace.
• Exod 20:11 : 11 For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: wherfore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day, and halowed it.
• Deut 5:26 : 26 For what fleshe hath it ben that euer hearde the voyce of the lyuyng God speakyng out of the middes of the fire (as we haue done) and yet dyd lyue?
• 1 Sam 17:26 : 26 And Dauid spake to ye men that stoode by, and sayd: What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh awaye the shame from Israel? And what is this vncircumcised Philistine, that he shoulde reuile the hoast of the liuing God?
• 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 And so thy seruaunte slue both the lion, and the beare: And trulie this vncircumcised Philistine shalbe as one of them, seing he hath rayled on the hoast of the liuyng God.
• 1 Kgs 16:13 : 13 For all the sinnes of Baasa and sinnes of Ela his sonne which they sinned, and made Israel to sinne and angre the Lorde God of Israel with their vanities.
• 1 Kgs 16:26 : 26 For he walked in all the way of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, and in his sinnes, that made Israel sinne, to anger the Lorde God of Israel with their vanities.
• 2 Kgs 19:4 : 4 Peraduenture the Lorde thy God will heare al the wordes of Rabsakeh, who the king of Assyria his maister hath sent to rayle on the lyuing God, & to rebuke him with wordes which the Lorde thy God hath hearde: And lift thou vp thy prayer for the remnaunt that are left.
• 2 Kgs 19:16 : 16 Lorde bowe downe thyne eare, and heare: Open Lorde thyne eyes, I besech thee, and see: and heare the wordes of Sennacherib whiche hath sent this man to rayle on the lyuing God.
• Ps 31:6 : 6 I haue hated them that obserue superstitious vanities: and my trust hath ben in God.
• Ps 33:6 : 6 By the worde of God are the heauens made: and all the hoastes of them by the breath of his mouth.
• Ps 124:8 : 8 Our helpe is in the name of God: who hath made heauen and earth.
• Ps 146:5-6 : 5 Who made heauen and earth, the sea and all that therin is: who mainteyneth the trueth for euer. 6 Who executeth iudgement for those that are oppressed with wrong: who geueth foode to the hungry.
• Prov 8:23-31 : 23 I haue ben ordayned from euerlasting, and from the beginning or euer the earth was made. 24 When I was borne there were neither depthes nor springes of water. 25 Before the foundations of the mountaines were layde: yea before all hilles, was I borne: 26 The earth, and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the dust it selfe. 27 For when he made the heauens, I was present, when he compassed the deapthes about: 28 When he hanged the cloudes aboue, when he fastened the springes of the deepe: 29 When he shut the sea within certaine boundes, that the waters should not go ouer their markes that he commaunded: when he layde the foundations of the earth, 30 I was with him ordring all thinges, deliting dayly and reioysyng alway before hym. 31 As for the rounde compasse of this worlde I make it ioyfull: for my delite is to be among the chyldren of men.
• Isa 44:9-9 : 9 All caruers of images are but vayne, and the carued images that they loue can do no good: they must beare recorde them selues, that seeing they can neither see nor vnderstande, they shalbe confounded. 10 Who dare then make a god, or fashion an image that is profitable for nothing?
• Isa 44:19-20 : 19 They ponder not in their mindes, for they haue neither knowledge nor vnderstanding to thinke thus: I haue brent one peece in the fire, I haue baked bread with the coales thereof, I haue rosted fleshe withall, and eaten it: and I wyll nowe of the residue make an abhominable idoll, and fall downe before a rotten peece of wood. 20 Thus doth he but lose his labour, and his heart whiche is deceaued doth turne hym aside, so that none of them can haue a free conscience to thinke, Do not I erre?
• Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith the Lorde, Euen he that created heauen, the God that made the earth & fassioned it, and set it foorth, he dyd not make it for naught, but to be inhabited, euen I the Lorde, without whom there is none other.
• Isa 45:20 : 20 Gather you and come together, drawe nigh hither you that escaped of the people: they haue no vnderstanding that set vp the stockes of their idols, and pray vnto a god that can not helpe them.
• Isa 46:7 : 7 Yet must he be taken on mens shoulders and borne, and set in his place, that he may stande, and not moue out of his place: And if one crye vnto hym, he geueth no aunswere, and deliuereth not the man that calleth vpon hym from his trouble.