Acts 14:15

Coverdale Bible (1535)

and sayenge: Ye me, Why do ye this? We are mortall me also like vnto you, & preach vnto you ye Gospell, that ye shulde turne from these vayne thinges vnto ye lyuynge God, which made heaue and earth, and the see, and all that therin is,

📖 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 and go not asyde after vanite, for it profyteth you nothinge, and can not delyuer you, in so moch as it is but a vayne thinge.
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there eny amonge the goddes of the Gentiles, that sende rayne, or geue the showers of heauen? Dost not thou it o LORDE oure God, in who we trust? Yee LORDE, thou dost all these thinges.
• Acts 10:26 : 26 But Peter toke him vp, and sayde: Stonde vp, I am a man also.
• 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 So are we sure now cocernynge the meates offred vnto Idols, that an Idoll is nothinge in the worlde, and that there is none other God but one.
• Jas 5:17 : 17 Helias was a ma mortall euen as we are, and he prayed in his prayer, that it might not rayne: & it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes.
• Rev 14:7 : 7 sayege with a lowde voyce: Feare God, and geue honour to him, for the houre of his iudgement is come: and worshippe him that made heauen and earth, and the see, and the fountaynes off water.
• 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you, and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages, for to serue the lyuynge and true God,
• Deut 32:21 : 21 They haue prouoked me in it that is not God: wt their vanites haue they angred me. And I agayne wil prouoke them, by those that are no people: by a foolish nacion wil I anger them.
• Gen 1:1 : 1 In ye begynnynge God created heauen & earth:
• Jer 8:19 : 19 for lo, the voyce of the criege of my people is herde from a farre countre: Is not the LORDE in Sion? Is not he kinge in her? Wherfore then haue they greued me (shall the LORDE saye) with their ymages and foolish straunge fashions?
• Matt 16:16 : 16 The answered Symo Peter and saide: Thou art Christ ye sonne of ye lyuinge God.
• Acts 4:24 : 24 Wha they herde that, they lifte vp their voyce wt one acorde vnto God, and sayde: LORDE, thou that art the God which made heauen and earth, and the see, and all that therin is thou
• Acts 7:26 : 26 And on the nexte daye he shewed himself vnto them as they stroue together, and wolde haue set them at one agayne, and sayde: Syrs, ye are brethren, why hurte ye one another?
• Josh 3:10 : 10 He sayde morouer: By this shal ye perceaue, that the lyuynge God is amonge you, and that he shall dryue out before you ye Cananites, Hethites, Heuites, Pheresites, Girgosites, Amorites and Iebusites.
• 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 but yf I tary loge, that then thou mayest yet haue knowlege, how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in Gods house, which is the congregacion of the lyuynge God, the piler and grounde of trueth:
• Heb 3:12 : 12 Take hede brethren, that there be not in eny of you an euell hert of vnbeleue, to departe from the lyuynge God:
• Eph 4:17 : 17 This I saye therfore, and testifye in the LORDE, that ye walke nomore as ye other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde,
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 As for the people, they cried therto: This is a voyce of God, and not of a man. 23 Immediatly the angell of the LORDE smote him, because he gaue not God the honoure: And he was eaten vp of wormes, and gaue vp the goost.
• Acts 13:32 : 32 And we also declare vnto you ye promes, which was made vnto oure fathers,
• Acts 14:7 : 7 and there they preached the Gospell.
• Acts 14:21 : 21 and preached the Gospell vnto the same cite, and taughte many of them. And they wete agayne vnto Lystra, and Iconium and Antioche,
• Acts 16:30 : 30 and broughte them out, and sayde: Syrs, what must I do, to be saued?
• Acts 17:16-18 : 16 But whyle Paul wayted for them at Athens, his sprete was moued in him, whan he sawe the cite geue so to the worshippinge of ymages. 17 And he spake vnto the Iewes and deuoute personnes in the synagoge, & in ye market daylie vnto the that came to him. 18 But certayne Philosophers of ye Epicurees and Stoikes disputed with him. And some sayde: What will this babler saye? But some sayde: He semeth to be a tidinges brynger of new goddes (That was, because he had preached vnto the the Gospell of Iesus, & of the resurreccion.)
• Acts 17:24-30 : 24 God which made ye worlde, and all that therin is, for so moch as he is LORDE of heauen and earth, dwelleth not in temples made of handes, 25 nether is he worshipped with mens handes, as though he had nede of eny man, seynge he himself geueth life and breth vnto all men euery where: 26 and hath made of one bloude all the generacion of men to dwell vpo all the face of ye earth: and hath assygned borders appoynted before, how longe and farre they shulde dwell, 27 that they shulde seke the LORDE, yf they mighte fele and fynde him. And truly he is not farre from euery one of vs. 28 For in him we lyue, moue, and haue oure beynge, as certayne of youre awne Poetes also haue sayde: We are his generacion. 29 For as moch then as we are the generacion of God, we oughte not to thinke that the Godheade is like vnto golde or syluer, or ymagery worke of the crafte or ymaginacion of man. 30 And truly God hath ouersene the tyme of ignoraunce: But now he commaundeth all men euery where to repente,
• Acts 26:17-20 : 17 And I wil delyuer the from the people, and from the Heythen, amonge who I wil now sende the, 18 to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me. 19 Wherfore (O kynge Agrippa) I was not faithlesse vnto ye heauely vision, 20 but shewed it first vnto them at Damascon, and at Ierusale, and in all the coastes of Iewry, and to the Heythen, that they shulde do pennaunce, and turne vnto God, and to do the righte workes of pennaunce.
• Acts 27:10 : 10 and sayde vnto them: Syrs, I se that this saylinge wyl be with hurte and moch dammage, not onely of the ladynge and of the shippe, but also of oure lyues.
• Acts 27:21 : 21 And after longe abstinence, Paul stode forth in the myddes of the, and sayde: Syrs, ye shulde haue herkened vnto me, and not to haue lowsed from Candy, and not to haue broughte vs this harme and losse.
• Acts 27:25 : 25 Wherfore syrs be of good cheare: for I beleue God, yt it shal come so to passe, as it was tolde me.
• Rom 1:20-23 : 20 that the inuisible thinges of God (that is, his euerlastinge power and Godheade) mighte be sene whyle they are considered by the workes from the creacion of the worlde: so that they are without excuse, 21 in as moch as they knewe, that there is a God, and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him, but became vayne in their ymaginacions, and their foolish hert was blynded. 22 Whan they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles: 23 and turned ye glory of the incorruptible God in to ye symilitude of ye ymage of a corruptible ma, & of byrdes, & of foure foted, & of crepinge beestes
• Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his fete, to worshippe him. And he sayde vnto me: Se thou do it not. For I am thy felowe seruaunt, and one of thy brethren, and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus. Worshippe God. For the testimony of Iesus is ye sprete of prophesy.
• Rev 19:19 : 19 And I sawe the beeste and the kynges of ye earth, and their warriers gadred togedder, to make battayle agaynste him that sat vpon the horsse, and agaynst his sowdiers.
• Rev 22:9 : 9 And he saide vnto me: se thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt and the felowe seruaut of thy brethren the prophetes, and of them, which kepe the sayenges of this boke. Worshippe God.
• John 5:26 : 26 For as the father hath life in him self, so likewyse hath he geuen vnto the sonne, to haue life in himself:
• John 7:18 : 18 He that speaketh of himself, seketh his awne prayse: but he that seketh the prayse of him that sent him, the same is true, & there is no vnrighteousnes in him.
• Acts 3:12-13 : 12 Whan Peter sawe that, he answered vnto the people: Ye men of Israel, why maruayle ye at this, or why loke ye so at vs, as though we by oure awne power or deseruynge, had made this man to walke? 13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac, and of Iacob, ye God of oure fathers hath glorifyed his childe Iesus, whom ye delyuered and denyed in the presence of Pilate, whan he had iudged him to be lowsed.
• Jer 32:17 : 17 O LORDE God, It is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy greate power and hie arme, and there is nothinge to harde for ye.
• Dan 2:28-30 : 28 Only God in heaue ca open secretes, and he it is, that sheweth the kinge Nabuchodonosor, what is for to come in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and that which thou hast sene in thyne heade vpon thy bed, is this: 29 O kynge, thou didest cast in thy mynde, what shulde come herafter: So he that is the opener off mysteries, telleth the, what is for to come. 30 As for me, this secrete is not shewed me, for eny wi?dome that I haue, more then eny other lyuynge: but only that I might shewe the kynge the interpretacion, & that he might knowe the thoughtes off his owne herte.
• Dan 6:26 : 26 My commaundement is, in all my dominio and kyngdome, that men feare and stonde in awe off Daniels God: For he is the lyuinge God, which abydeth euer: his kyngdome shall not fayle, and his power is euerlastynge.
• Amos 2:4 : 4 Thus sayeth the LORDE: for thre ad foure wickednesses of Iuda, I wil not spare him: because he hath cast asyde the lawe of the LORDE, and not kepte his commaundementes: for why, they wolde nedes be disceaued with the lyes, that their forefathers folowed.
• Jonah 2:8 : 8 They that holde of vayne vanyties, wil forsake his mercy.
• Zech 12:1 : 1 The heuy burthen which ye LORDE hath deuysed for Israel. Thus saieth the LORDE, which spred the heaues abrode, layde the foundacion of the earth, and geueth man ye breath of life:
• Jer 10:3-5 : 3 Yee all the customes and lawes of the Getiles are nothinge, but vanite. They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man, and fashion it with the axe: 4 they couer it ouer with golde or syluer, they fasten it wt nales and hammers, that it moue not. 5 It stodeth as stiff as the palme tre, it can nether speake ner go, but must be borne. Be not ye afrayed of soch, for they ca do nether good ner euel.
• Jer 10:8 : 8 They are all together vnlerned and vnwise, All their connynge is but vanite:
• Jer 10:10-11 : 10 But the LORDE is a true God, a lyuinge God, and an euerlastinge kinge. Yf he be wroth, the earth shaketh: all the Getiles maye not abyde his indignacion. 11 As for their goddes, it maye well be sayde of the: they are goddes, that made nether heaue ner earth: therfore shal they perish fro the earth, and from all thinges vnder heauen.
• Jer 10:14-15 : 14 His wisdome maketh all men fooles. And confunded be all casters of ymages, for that they cast, is but a vayne thinge, and hath no life. 15 The vayne craftes men with their workes, that they in their vanite haue made, shall perish one with another in the tyme of visitacion.
• Gen 41:16 : 16 Ioseph answered Pharao, and sayde: God shall geue Pharao a prosperous answere, yee well without me.
• Exod 20:11 : 11 For in sixe dayes the LORDE made heauen and earth, and the see, and all that therin is, and rested vpon the seuenth daye: therfore the LORDE blessed the seuenth daye, & halowed it.
• Deut 5:26 : 26 For what is all fleshe, that it shulde be able to heare ye voyce of the lyuynge God speakynge out of ye fyre, as we haue done, and yet lyue?
• 1 Sam 17:26 : 26 Then sayde Dauid vnto the men that stode by him: What shalbe done to the man, that smyteth this Philistyne, and turneth this shame awaye from Israel? For what is he this Philistyne this vncircucysed, that defyeth the hoost of ye lyuynge God?
• 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 So thy seruaunt smote both the Lyon and ye Bere. Therfore shall this Philistyne this vncircumcysed be euen as one of them: for he hath defyed the hoost of the lyuynge God.
• 1 Kgs 16:13 : 13 because of all the synnes of Baesa and of Ella his sonne, which they dyd, and made Israel for to synne, to prouoke the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath thorow their vanities.
• 1 Kgs 16:26 : 26 and walked in all ye wayes of Ieroboam ye sonne of Nebat, and in his synnes, wherwith he made Israel to synne, so that they prouoked the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath in their vanities.
• 2 Kgs 19:4 : 4 Yf happly the LORDE thy God wil heare all the wordes of ye chefe butler, whom his lorde the kynge of Assiria hath sent, to blasphemie ye lyuynge God, & to defye him with soch wordes as the LORDE thy God hath herde, therfore lifte thou vp thy prayer for the remnaunt, which are yet lefte behynde.
• 2 Kgs 19:16 : 16 Enclyne thine eare O LORDE, and heare: open thine eyes, and beholde, and heare the wordes of Sennacherib, which hath sent hither to blaspheme the lyuynge God.
• Ps 31:6 : 6 Into thy hondes I commende my sprete: thou hast delyuered me O LORDE thou God of treuth.
• Ps 33:6 : 6 By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made, & all the hoostes of them by ye breth of his mouth.
• Ps 124:8 : 8 Oure helpe stodeth in the name of the LORDE, which hath made heauen and earth.
• Ps 146:5-6 : 5 Which made heauen and earth, ye see and all that therin is, which kepeth his promise for euer 6 Which helpeth them to right yt suffre wronge, which fedeth ye hongrie.
• Prov 8:23-31 : 23 I haue bene ordened fro euerlastige, & fro ye beginnynge or euer the earth was made. 24 When I was borne, there were nether depthes ner springes of water. 25 Before the foundacions of ye mountaynes were layed, yee before all hilles was I borne. 26 The earth and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the grounde it self. 27 For when he made the heauens, I was present: wha he set the depthes in ordre: 28 whan he hanged the cloudes aboue: whan he fastened the sprynges of the depe: 29 Whan he shutt the see within certayne bowndes, that ye waters shulde not go ouer their marckes. When he layed the foundacions of the earth, 30 I was with him, ordringe all thinges, delytinge daylie & reioysynge allwaye before him. 31 As for the roude copase of his worlde, I make it ioyfull, for my delyte is to be amoge the children of men.
• Isa 44:9-9 : 9 Wherfore all caruers of Idols are but vayne, and their laboure lost. They must beare recorde them selues, that (seinge they can nether se ner vnderstonde) they shalbe confounded. 10 Who shulde now make a god, or fashio an Idol, that is profitable for nothinge?
• Isa 44:19-20 : 19 They pondre not in their myndes (for they haue nether knowlege ner vnderstodinge) to thinke thus: I haue bret one pece in the fyre, I haue baked bred wt ye coles there of, I haue rosted flesh withall, & eaten it: Shal I now of the residue make an abhominacion, and fall downe before a rotten pece of wodd? 20 The kepinge of dust, and folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde: so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thinke: maye not I erre?
• Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus sayeth the LORDE: euen he that created heauen, the God yt made the earth, that fashioned it, and set it forth: I haue not made it for naught, but I made it to be enhabited: Euen I the LORDE, without whom there is none other.
• Isa 45:20 : 20 Let the be gathered & come together, let the drawe nye hyther, yt are escaped of the people: Haue they eny vnderstondinge, that set vp the stockes of their Idols, and praye vnto a god, that ca not helpe the?
• Isa 46:7 : 7 Yet must he be taken on mens shulders and borne, and set in his place, that he maye stonde and not moue. Alas that men shulde crie vnto him, which geueth no answere: and delyuereth not the man that calleth vpon him, from his trouble.