Acts 5:31

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Hym hath God lyft vp with his ryght hande, to be a prince and a sauiour, for to geue repentaunce to Israel, and forgeuenesse of sinnes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τοῦτον ὁ Θεὸς Ἀρχηγὸν καὶ Σωτῆρα ὕψωσεν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ, δοῦναι μετάνοιαν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν.

Transliteration

This one the Theos Archēgon and Sōtēra hypsōsen to the dexia of him, to dounai metanoian to the Israēl, and aphesin of hamartiōn.

Grammar Details

• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *Archēgon*: accusative, masculine, singular - Prince/Leader/Author
• *Sōtēra*: accusative, masculine, singular - Savior
• *hypsōsen*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd singular - exalted/lifted up
• *dexia*: dative, feminine, singular - right hand
• *dounai*: aorist, active, infinitive - to give
• *metanoian*: accusative, feminine, singular - repentance
• *Israēl*: dative, masculine, singular - Israel
• *aphesin*: accusative, feminine, singular - forgiveness/remission
• *hamartiōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of sins

Word Meanings

• *Archēgon*: Prince/Leader/Author/Originator
• *Sōtēra*: Savior/Deliverer/Preserver
• *hypsōsen*: exalted/lifted up/raised to honor
• *dexia*: right hand (symbolizing power and authority)
• *metanoian*: repentance/change of mind
• *aphesin*: forgiveness/remission/release from

Referenced Verses

• Luke 24:47 : 47 And that repentaunce and remission of sinnes shoulde be preached in his name among all nations, and must begyn at Hierusalem.
• Acts 2:33 : 33 Then sence that he by the ryght hande of God was exalted, and hath receaued of the father the promise of the holy ghost, he hath shed foorth this, which ye nowe see, and heare.
• Luke 2:11 : 11 For vnto you is borne this daye, in the citie of Dauid, a sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 When they hearde these thynges, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying: Then hath God also to ye Gentiles, graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For vnto vs a chylde is borne, and vnto vs a sonne is geuen, vpon his shoulder doth the rule lye, and he is called with his owne name wonderfull, the geuer of counsell, the mightie God, the euerlasting father, the prince of peace.
• Acts 3:15 : 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe, whom God hath raysed from the dead: of the which we are witnesses.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became hym, for whom are all thynges, and by whom are all thynges, after he had brought many sonnes vnto glorie, that he shoulde make the capitayne of their saluation perfect through afflictions.
• Heb 12:2 : 2 Lokyng vnto Iesus, the captayne and finissher of our fayth, which for the ioy that was set before hym, endured the crosse, hauyng dispised the shame, and is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of God.
• 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we haue seene, and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Iesus Christe, which is a faythfull witnesse, and first begotten of the dead, and Lorde ouer the kynges of the earth: Unto hym that loued vs, and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood,
• Ezek 36:25-38 : 25 Then wyll I sprinckle cleane water vpon you, and ye shalbe cleane: yea from all your vncleannes and from all your idols shall I cleanse you. 26 A newe heart also wyll I geue you, and a newe spirite wyll I put into you: as for that stony heart I wyll take it out of your fleshe, and geue you a fleshy heart. 27 I wyll geue my spirite among you, and cause you to walke in my comaundementes, and ye shall kepe my iudgementes and do them. 28 And so ye shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to your fathers: & ye shalbe my people, and I wil be your God. 29 I wyll deliuer you from all your vncleannes, I wyl call for the corne, and wyll encrease it, and lay no famine vpon you. 30 I wil multiplie the fruites of the trees and the encrease of the fielde: so that ye shal receaue no more reproche of hunger among the heathen. 31 Then shall ye remember your owne wicked wayes, and your imaginations which were not good: so that ye shalbe irksum in your owne eyes for your sinnes and abhominations. 32 But I wyl not do this for your sakes, saith the Lorde God, be ye sure of it: therefore O ye house of Israel, be ashamed and confounded of your owne wayes. 33 Moreouer, thus saith the Lorde God, what time as I shal cleanse you from al your iniquities, then wil I make the cities to be inhabited againe, and the places that be decayed shalbe repaired. 34 The desolate lande shalbe tilled againe, which afore time lay waste in the sight of al them that went by. 35 And they shal say, this waste lande was like the garden of Eden: and these waste and desolate and ruinous cities were strong and inhabited. 36 Then the residue of the heathen that lye rounde about you, shall knowe that I the Lord repaire that was broken downe, and plant againe that that was made waste: euen I the Lord haue spoken it, and wyl do it in deede. 37 Thus saith the Lorde God: I wyll yet for this be sought of the house of Israel, to do it for them, I wyll multiplie them as a flocke of men, 38 Like as the holy flocke, and the flocke of Hierusalem are in the hie solempne feastes, so shall also the wasted cities be filled with flockes of men: and they shal knowe that I am the Lorde.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 Moreouer, vpon the house of Dauid & vpon the citezins of Hierusalem wyll I poure out the spirite of grace & compassion, so that they shall loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed, and they shal lamet for him as men mourne for their onely begotten sonne: yea, and be sory for him, as men are sory for their first childe.
• Matt 1:21 : 21 She shall bryng foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesus: for he shall saue his people from their sinnes.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto the, saying: All power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth.
• Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter sayde vnto them: Repent, and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe, for the remission of sinnes, and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost.
• Jer 31:31-33 : 31 Beholde the dayes wyll come saith the Lorde, that I wyll make a newe couenaunt with the house of Israel, and the house of Iuda: 32 Not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers, when I toke them by the hande and led them out of the lande of Egypt, which couenaunt they brake, yea euen when I as an husbande had rule ouer them saith the Lorde. 33 But this shalbe the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lorde: I wyll plant my lawe in the inwarde partes of them, and write it in their heartes, and wyll be their God, and they shalbe my people.
• Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe the hye tree, and exalted the lowe tree, that I haue dryed vp the greene tree, and made the drye tree to florishe, euen I the Lorde that spake it, haue also brought it to passe.
• Ezek 34:24 : 24 And I the Lorde wyll be their God, and my seruaunt Dauid shalbe their prince: euen I the Lorde haue spoken it.
• John 20:21-23 : 21 Then sayde Iesus to them agayne, peace be vnto you: As my father sent me, euen so sende I you also. 22 And when he had saide those wordes, he breathed on them, & saith vnto them: Receaue ye the holy ghost. 23 Whosoeuers sinnes ye remit, they are remitted vnto them: And whosoeuers sinnes ye retayne, they are retayned.
• Acts 2:36 : 36 Therfore, let all the house of Israel know for a suretie, that God hath made that same Iesus, whom ye haue crucified, Lorde and Christe.
• Acts 13:23 : 23 Of this mans seede, hath God accordyng to his promise brought foorth to Israel, the sauiour Iesus.
• Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Be it knowen vnto you therfore, ye men & brethren, that through this man is preached vnto you the forgeuenesse of sinnes, 39 And that by hym, all that beleue, are iustified from all thynges, from which ye coulde not be iustified by the lawe of Moyses.
• Rom 11:26-27 : 26 And so all Israel shalbe saued, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion he that doth delyuer, and shall turne away vngodlynesse from Iacob. 27 And this is my couenaunt vnto them, when I shall take away their sinnes.
• 2 Cor 2:10 : 10 To whom ye forgeue any thyng, I forgeue also. For if I forgaue any thing, to whom I forgaue it, for your sakes forgaue I it, in the sight of Christe.
• Eph 1:7 : 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes, accordyng to the rychesse of his grace,
• Eph 1:20-23 : 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead, and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule, and power, and myght, and dominion, and euery name that is named, not in this worlde only, but also in the worlde to come. 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche, 23 Which is his body, the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherfore God also hath highly exalted hym, and geuen hym a name which is aboue euery name. 10 That in the name of Iesus euery knee should bowe, of thynges in heauen, and thynges in earth, and thinges vnder the earth: 11 And that euery tongue should confesse that the Lorde, Iesus Christe is to the glorie of God the father.
• Phil 3:20 : 20 But our conuersation is in heauen, from whence also we loke for the sauiour, the Lorde Iesus Christe:
• Col 1:14 : 14 In who we haue redemptio through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes:
• 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 Instructing the which are contrarie mynded, yf God at any tyme wyll geue them repentaunce, to the knowledge of the trueth: 26 And that they may come to the selues agayne, out of the snare of the deuyll, which are holden captyue of hym at his wyll.
• Titus 1:4 : 4 To Titus a natural sonne after the common fayth: Grace, mercie, peace, from God the father, and the Lorde Iesus Christe our sauiour.
• Titus 2:10 : 10 Neither pickers, but shewing all good faythfulnesse, that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God, and our sauiour Iesus Christe,
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared, 5 Not of workes which be in ryghteousnesse wrought, but accordyng to his mercie, he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost, 6 Which he shed on vs richlie through Iesus Christe our sauiour:
• Mark 2:10 : 10 But that ye may know, that the sonne of man hath power in earth to forgeue synnes (He spake vnto the sicke of the paulsie)
• Mark 4:12 : 12 That when they see, they may see and not discerne: and whe they heare, they may heare and not vnderstande, lest at any tyme, they shoulde turne, and their sinnes shoulde be forgeuen them.
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 They shall dwell in the lande that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt, wheras your fathers also haue dwelt, yea euen in the same land shal they, their children, & their childers children dwell for euermore: and my seruaunt Dauid shalbe their prince for euer.
• Dan 9:25 : 25 Knowe therfore and vnderstand, that from the going foorth of the commaudement, to bring againe the people and to builde Hierusalem, vnto Messiah the prince, there shalbe seuen weekes and threescore and two weekes: and the streete shalbe built againe, and the wall, euen in the straitnes of time.
• Dan 10:21 : 21 Neuerthelesse, I wyll shew thee that that is noted in the scripture of trueth: and there is none that helpeth me in these thinges, but Michael your prince.
• Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am the Lord thy God, the holye one of Israel thy sauiour: I gaue Egypt for thy deliueraunce, the Ethiopians and the Sabees for thee:
• Isa 43:11 : 11 I am, euen I am the only Lord, and beside me there is no sauiour.
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Drawe nye, come hyther, and let them aske counsaile one at another, and shew foorth what is he that told this before? or who spake of it euer since the beginning? haue not I the Lorde done it? without whom there is none other God, the true God and sauiour, and there is els none but I.
• Isa 49:26 : 26 And I wyll feede thine enemies with their owne fleshe, & make them drunken with their owne blood, as with sweete wine: And all fleshe shall knowe O Iacob that I am the Lorde thy sauiour, thy noble redeemer.
• Ps 2:6-9 : 6 Saying euen I haue annointed him my kyng: vpon my holy hyll of Sion. 7 I wyll declare the decree, God sayde vnto me: thou art my sonne, this day I haue begotten thee. 8 Desire of me, and I wyll geue thee the heathen for thyne inheritaunce: and the vttermost partes of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron: and breake them in peeces like a potters vessell. 10 Wherfore be you nowe wel aduised O ye kinges: be you learned ye that are iudges of the earth. 11 Serue ye God in feare: and reioyce ye with a trembling. 12 Kisse ye the sonne lest that he be angrye, and so ye perishe from the way, if his wrath be neuer so litle kindled: blessed are all they that put their trust in hym.
• Ps 89:19 : 19 Thou hast spoken somtimes in visions vnto thy saintes: and hast sayde, I haue added ayde vpon the mightie, I haue exalted one chose out of the people.
• Ps 89:24 : 24 My trueth also and my mercy shalbe with hym: and in my name shall his horne be exalted.
• Ps 110:1-2 : 1 A psalme of Dauid. God sayd vnto my Lorde: sit thou on my right hande, vntyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole. 2 God wyll sende the scepter of his power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thyne enemies.
• Jude 1:25 : 25 To God our sauiour, which only is wyse, be glorie, maiestie, dominion, and power, nowe and euer. Amen.
• 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 Which is on the ryght hande of God, and is gone into heauen, angels, powers, and myght subdued vnto hym.
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a seruaunt and an Apostle of Iesus Christe, to them which haue obteined lyke precious faith with vs, thorowe the ryghteousnes of our god and sauiour Iesus Christe:
• 2 Pet 1:11 : 11 Yea, and by this meanes an entryng in shalbe ministred vnto you aboudantlye, into the euerlastyng kyngdome of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe.
• 2 Pet 2:20 : 20 For yf they, after they haue escaped from the fylthynesse of the worlde, thorowe the knowledge of the Lord, & the sauiour Iesus Christe, are yet tangled agayne therein, and ouercome, then is the later end worse with them then the begynnyng.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But growe in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe, to whom be glorie both nowe and for euer. Amen.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent ye therfore and conuert, that your sinnes may be done away, when the tyme of refreshyng shall come, in the presence of the Lorde.
• Acts 3:26 : 26 Unto you first, God hath raysed vp his sonne Iesus, and hath sent hym to blesse you, in turnyng euery one of you from his iniquities.
• Acts 4:11 : 11 This is the stone which was cast asyde of you buylders, which is the head of the corner: