Acts 15:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Παραγενόμενοι δὲ εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἀπεδέχθησαν ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀνήγγειλάν τε ὅσα ὁ Θεὸς ἐποίησεν μετʼ αὐτῶν.

Transliteration

Having paragenomenoi de into Ierousalēm, they were apedechthēsan hupo tēs ekklēsias, and the apostolōn and the presbuterōn, they anēngeilan te hosa ho Theos epoiēsen met' autōn.

Grammar Details

*paragenomenoi*: aorist participle, middle, nominative, masculine, plural - having arrived
*de*: particle - and/but
*apedechthēsan*: aorist, indicative, passive, 3rd person, plural - they were received/welcomed
*hupo*: preposition + genitive - by
*tēs ekklēsias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of the church/assembly
*apostolōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of apostles
*presbuterōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of elders
*anēngeilan*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person, plural - they reported/announced
*te*: particle - and/both
*hosa*: nominative/accusative, neuter, plural - as many as/all that
*ho Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
*epoiēsen*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - did/made
*met'*: preposition + genitive - with
*autōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - them

Word Meanings

*paragenomenoi*: having arrived/come/appeared
*apedechthēsan*: were received/welcomed/accepted
*anēngeilan*: reported/announced/declared
*hosa*: as many as/all that/whatever
*epoiēsen*: did/made/accomplished

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Referenced Verses

Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
Acts 15:12 : 12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
Acts 15:3 : 3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
Acts 21:17 : 17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
Acts 21:19 : 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
Rom 15:7 : 7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
Rom 15:18 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
2 Cor 5:19 : 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
Col 4:10 : 10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas ,(touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
2 John 1:10 : 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
3 John 1:8-9 : 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
Acts 18:27 : 27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
Matt 10:40 : 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

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