Acts 2:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀκούσαντες δὲ, κατενύγησαν τῇ καρδίᾳ, εἶπόν τε πρὸς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἀποστόλους, Τί ποιήσομεν; Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί,

Transliteration

Akousantes de, katenugēsan in the kardia, eipon both to the Petron and the loipous apostolous, What poiēsomen? Andres adelphoi,

Grammar Details

*Akousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having heard
*de*: conjunction - but/and
*katenugēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - they were pierced/cut to the heart
*kardia*: dative, feminine, singular - heart
*eipon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they said
*Petron*: accusative, masculine, singular - Peter
*loipous*: accusative, masculine, plural - rest/remaining
*apostolous*: accusative, masculine, plural - apostles
*poiēsomen*: future active indicative, 1st person plural - we will do
*Andres*: nominative, masculine, plural - men
*adelphoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - brothers

Word Meanings

*Akousantes*: hearing/having heard/listening to
*katenugēsan*: were pierced/cut to the heart/deeply moved
*kardia*: heart/inner self/mind
*eipon*: said/spoke/told
*loipous*: rest/remaining/other
*apostolous*: apostles/sent ones/messengers
*poiēsomen*: shall we do/should we do/what action should we take
*adelphoi*: brothers/fellow believers/countrymen

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Referenced Verses

Luke 3:10 : 10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
Acts 5:33 : 33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Acts 7:54 : 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Acts 9:5-6 : 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Acts 16:29-31 : 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Acts 22:10 : 10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
Acts 24:25-26 : 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. 26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: 25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Luke 3:12 : 12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Luke 3:14 : 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
John 8:9 : 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
John 16:8-9 : 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin , because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Acts 1:16 : 16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Ezek 7:16 : 16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

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