Acts 5:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

Him hath God lift vp with his right hand, to be a Prince and a Sauiour, to giue repentance to Israel, and forgiuenes 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 repentance, and remission of sinnes should be preached in his Name among all nations, beginning at Hierusalem.
• Acts 2:33 : 33 Since then that he by the right hande of God hath bene exalted, and hath receiued of his Father the promise of the holy Ghost, hee hath shed foorth this which yee nowe see and heare.
• Luke 2:11 : 11 That is, that vnto you is borne this day in the citie of Dauid, a Sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 When they heard these things, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles graunted repentance vnto life.
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For vnto vs a childe is borne, and vnto vs a Sonne is giuen: and the gouernement is vpon his shoulder, and he shall call his name Wonderfull, Counseller, The mightie God, The euerlasting Father, The prince of peace,
• Acts 3:15 : 15 And killed the Lorde of life, whome God hath raised fro the dead, whereof we are witnesses.
• Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whome are all these thinges, and by whome are all these things, seeing that hee brought many children vnto glory, that he should consecrate the Prince of their saluation through afflictions.
• Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking vnto Iesus the authour and finisher of our faith, who for the ioy that was set before him, endured the crosse, and despised the shame, and is set at the right hand of the throne of God.
• 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we haue seene, & doe testifie, that the Father sent that Sonne to be ye Sauiour of the world.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Iesus Christ, which is that faithful witnes, and that first begotten of the dead, & that Prince of the Kings of the earth, vnto him that loued vs, & washed vs from our sinnes in his blood,
• Ezek 36:25-38 : 25 Then wil I powre cleane water vpon you, and ye shalbe cleane: yea, from all your filthines, and from all your idoles wil I clense you. 26 A newe heart also will I giue you, and a new spirit wil I put within you, and I will take away the stonie heart out of your body, and I will giue you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirite within you, and cause you to walke in my statutes, and ye shall keepe my iudgements and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land, that I gaue to your fathers, and ye shalbe my people, & I will be your God. 29 I will also deliuer you from all your filthinesse, and I will call for corne, and will increase it, and lay no famine vpon you. 30 For I will multiplie the fruite of the trees, & the increase of the fielde, that ye shal beare no more the reproch of famine among the heathen. 31 Then shal ye remember your owne wicked wayes, & your deedes that were not good, & shal iudge your selues worthie to haue bene destroyed for your iniquities, and for your abominations. 32 Be it knowen vnto you that I do not this for your sakes, sayth the Lord God: therefore, O ye house of Israel, be ashamed, and confounded for your owne wayes. 33 Thus sayth the Lord God, What time as I shall haue clensed you from all your iniquities, I will cause you to dwel in the cities, & the desolate places shalbe builded. 34 And the desolate land shalbe tilled, whereas it lay waste in the sight of all that passed by. 35 For they sayd, This waste land was like the garden of Eden, and these waste & desolate and ruinous cities were strong, and were inhabited. 36 Then the residue of the heathen that are left round about you, shal know that I the Lord builde the ruinous places, and plant the desolate places: I the Lord haue spoken it, and wil do it. 37 Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be sought of ye house of Israel, to performe it vnto them: I wil encrease them with men like a flocke. 38 As the holy flocke, as the flocke of Ierusalem in their solemne feastes, so shall the desolate cities be filled with flockes of men, and they shal know, that I am the Lord.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will powre vpon the house of Dauid, and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem the Spirite of grace and of compassion, and they shall looke vpon me, whom they haue pearced, and they shall lament for him, as one mourneth for his onely sonne, and be sorie for him as one is sorie for his first borne.
• Matt 1:21 : 21 And she shall bring foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesvs: for hee shall saue his people from their sinnes.
• Matt 28:18 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto them, saying, All power is giuen vnto me, in heauen, and in earth.
• Acts 2:38 : 38 Then Peter said vnto them, Amend your liues, and bee baptized euery one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes: and ye shall receiue the gift of the holy Ghost.
• Jer 31:31-33 : 31 Beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new couenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Iudah, 32 Not according to ye couenant that I made with their fathers, when I tooke them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, the which my couenant they brake, although I was an husband vnto them, saith the Lord. 33 But this shall be the couenant that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawe in their inward partes, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shalbe my people.
• Ezek 17:24 : 24 And all the trees of the fielde shal knowe that I the Lord haue brought downe the hie tree, and exalted the lowe tree, that I haue dried vp the greene tree, and made the drie tree to florish: I the Lord haue spoken it, and haue done it.
• Ezek 34:24 : 24 And I the Lord will be their God, and my seruant Dauid shalbe the prince amog them. I the Lord haue spoken it.
• John 20:21-23 : 21 Then saide Iesus to them againe, Peace be vnto you: as my Father sent me, so sende I you. 22 And when he had saide that, he breathed on them, and saide vnto them, Receiue the holy Ghost. 23 Whosoeuers sinnes ye remit, they are remitted vnto them: and whosoeuers sinnes ye reteine, they are reteined.
• Acts 2:36 : 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for a suretie, that God hath made him both Lorde, and Christ, this Iesus, I say, whome yee haue crucified.
• Acts 13:23 : 23 Of this mans seede hath God according to his promise raised vp to Israel, ye Sauiour Iesus:
• Acts 13:38-39 : 38 Be it knowen vnto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached vnto you the forgiuenesse of sinnes. 39 And from al things, from which ye could not be iustified by the Law of Moses, by him euery one that beleeueth, is iustified.
• Rom 11:26-27 : 26 And so all Israel shalbe saued, as it is written, The deliuerer shall come out of Sion, and shall turne away the vngodlinesse from Iacob. 27 And this is my couenant to them, When I shall take away their sinnes.
• 2 Cor 2:10 : 10 To whome yee forgiue any thing, I forgiue also: for verely if I forgaue any thing, to whome I forgaue it, for your sakes forgaue I it in the sight of Christ,
• Eph 1:7 : 7 By whom we haue redemption through his blood, euen the forgiuenes of sinnes, according to his rich grace:
• Eph 1:20-23 : 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his right hand in the heauenly places, 21 Farre aboue al principalitie, and power, and might, and domination, and euery Name, that is named, not in this world only, but also in that that is to come, 22 And hath made all things subiect vnder his feete, and hath giuen him ouer all things to be the head to the Church, 23 Which is his body, euen the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all things.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore God hath also highly exalted him, and giuen him a Name aboue euery name, 10 That at the Name of Iesus shoulde euery knee bowe, both of things in heauen, and things in earth, and things vnder the earth, 11 And that euery tongue shoulde confesse that Iesus Christ is the Lord, vnto the glory of God the Father.
• Phil 3:20 : 20 But our conuersation is in heauen, from whence also we looke for the Sauiour, euen the Lord Iesus Christ,
• Col 1:14 : 14 In whome we haue redemption through his blood, that is, the forgiuenesse of sinnes,
• 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 Instructing them with meekenesse that are contrary minded, prouing if God at any time will giue them repentance, that they may acknowledge the trueth, 26 And come to amendement out of that snare of the deuil, of whom they are taken prisoners, to doe his will.
• Titus 1:4 : 4 To Titus my naturall sonne according to the common faith, Grace, mercie and peace from God the Father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christ our Sauiour.
• Titus 2:10 : 10 Neither pickers, but that they shew al good faithfulnesse, that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.
• Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and appearing of that glorie of that mightie God, and of our Sauiour Iesus Christ,
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But when that bountifulnesse & that loue of God our Sauiour toward man appeared, 5 Not by the woorkes of righteousnesse, which we had done, but according to his mercie he saued vs, by the washing of the newe birth, and the renewing of the holy Ghost, 6 Which he shed on vs aboundantly, through Iesus Christ our Sauiour,
• Mark 2:10 : 10 But that ye may knowe, that the Sonne of man hath authoritie in earth to forgiue sinnes, (he sayde vnto the sicke of the palsie.)
• Mark 4:12 : 12 That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.
• Ezek 37:25 : 25 And they shall dwell in the lande, that I haue giuen vnto Iaakob my seruant, where your fathers haue dwelt, and they shal dwel therein, euen they, and their sonnes, & their sonnes sonnes for euer, and my seruant Dauid shall bee their prince for euer.
• Dan 9:25 : 25 Knowe therefore and vnderstande, that from the going foorth of the commaundement to bring againe the people, and to builde Ierusalem, vnto Messiah the prince, shall be seuen weekes and threescore and two weekes, and the streete shalbe built againe, and the wall euen in a troublous time.
• Dan 10:21 : 21 But I will shew thee that which is decreeed in the Scripture of trueth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
• Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am the Lorde thy God, the holy one of Israel, thy Sauiour: I gaue Egypt for thy ransome, Ethiopia, and Seba for thee.
• Isa 43:11 : 11 I, euen I am the Lorde, and beside me there is no Sauiour.
• Isa 45:21 : 21 Tell ye and bring them, and let them take counsell together, who hath declared this from the beginning? or hath tolde it of olde? Haue not I the Lord? and there is none other God beside me, a iust God, and a Sauiour: there is none beside me.
• Isa 49:26 : 26 And will feede them that spoile thee, with their owne flesh, and they shall be drunken with their owne bloode, as with sweete wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lorde am thy sauiour and thy redeemer, the mighty one of Iaakob.
• Ps 2:6-9 : 6 Euen I haue set my King vpon Zion mine holy mountaine. 7 I will declare the decree: that is, the Lord hath said vnto me, Thou art my Sonne: this day haue I begotten thee. 8 Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the endes of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell. 10 Be wise nowe therefore, ye Kings: be learned ye Iudges of the earth. 11 Serue the Lorde in feare, and reioyce in trembling. 12 Kisse the sonne, least he be angry, and ye perish in the way, when his wrath shall suddenly burne. blessed are all that trust in him.
• Ps 89:19 : 19 Thou spakest then in a vision vnto thine Holy one, and saydest, I haue layde helpe vpon one that is mightie: I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.
• Ps 89:24 : 24 My trueth also and my mercie shall be with him, and in my Name shall his horne be exalted.
• Ps 110:1-2 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid. The Lord said vnto my Lorde, Sit thou at my right hand, vntill I make thine enemies thy footestoole. 2 The Lorde shall send the rod of thy power out of Zion: be thou ruler in the middes of thine enemies.
• Jude 1:25 : 25 That is, to God only wise, our Sauiour, be glorie, and maiestie, and dominion, and power, both nowe and for euer, Amen.
• 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 Which is at the right hande of God, gone into heauen, to whome the Angels, and Powers, and might are subiect.
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter a seruant and an Apostle of Iesus Christ, to you which haue obteined like precious faith with vs by the righteousnesse of our God and Sauiour Iesus Christ:
• 2 Pet 1:11 : 11 For by this meanes an entring shalbe ministred vnto you aboundantly into the euerlasting kingdome of our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ.
• 2 Pet 2:20 : 20 For if they, after they haue escaped from the filthinesse of the world, through the acknowledging of the Lorde, and of the Sauiour Iesus Christ, are yet tangled againe therein, and ouercome, the latter ende is worse with them then the beginning.
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But growe in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ: to him be glory both now and for euermore. Amen.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Amend your liues therefore, and turne, that your sinnes may be put away, whe the time of refreshing shal come from the presence of the Lord.
• Acts 3:26 : 26 First vnto you hath God raysed vp his Sonne Iesus, and him hee hath sent to blesse you, in turning euery one of you from your iniquities.
• Acts 4:11 : 11 This is the stone cast aside of you builders which is become the head of the corner.