Acts 21:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Περὶ δὲ τῶν πεπιστευκότων Ἐθνῶν ἡμεῖς ἐπεστείλαμεν, κρίναντες μηδὲν τοιοῦτον τηρεῖν αὐτούς, εἰ μὴ φυλάσσεσθαι αὐτοὺς τό τε εἰδωλόθυτον, καὶ τό αἷμα, καὶ πνικτὸν, καὶ πορνείαν.

Transliteration

Concerning de the pepisteukotōn Ethnōn we epesteilamen, krinantes nothing such to tērein them, except to phylassesthai themselves the te eidōlothyton, and the haima, and pnikton, and porneian.

Grammar Details

*de*: post-positive particle - but/and/now
*pepisteukotōn*: perfect active participle, genitive neuter plural - having believed
*Ethnōn*: genitive neuter plural - of nations/Gentiles
*epesteilamen*: aorist active indicative, 1st person plural - we wrote/sent
*krinantes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having judged/decided
*tērein*: present active infinitive - to keep/observe
*phylassesthai*: present middle infinitive - to guard/keep themselves from
*te*: post-positive particle - and/both
*eidōlothyton*: accusative neuter singular - thing sacrificed to idols
*haima*: accusative neuter singular - blood
*pnikton*: accusative neuter singular - strangled thing
*porneian*: accusative feminine singular - sexual immorality

Word Meanings

*pepisteukotōn*: having believed/converted
*epesteilamen*: we wrote/sent a letter/instructed
*krinantes*: having judged/decided/determined
*tērein*: to keep/observe/maintain
*phylassesthai*: to guard themselves/keep themselves from/avoid
*eidōlothyton*: thing sacrificed to idols/idol offering
*pnikton*: strangled thing/meat from strangled animal
*porneian*: sexual immorality/fornication/prostitution

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 15:29 : 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Acts 15:19-20 : 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

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