Acts 3:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑμεῖς δὲ τὸν Ἅγιον καὶ Δίκαιον ἠρνήσασθε, καὶ ᾐτήσασθε ἄνδρα φονέα χαρισθῆναι ὑμῖν·

Transliteration

You de the Hagion and Dikaion ērnēsasthe, and ētēsasthe andra phonea to be charisthēnai to you;

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *Hagion*: accusative masculine singular - Holy One
• *Dikaion*: accusative masculine singular - Righteous One
• *ērnēsasthe*: aorist middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you denied
• *ētēsasthe*: aorist middle indicative, 2nd person plural - you requested
• *andra*: accusative masculine singular - man
• *phonea*: accusative masculine singular - murderer
• *charisthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be granted as a favor

Word Meanings

• *ērnēsasthe*: denied/disowned/rejected
• *ētēsasthe*: requested/asked for/demanded
• *phonea*: murderer/killer
• *charisthēnai*: to be granted as a favor/to be given as a gift

Referenced Verses

• Mark 1:24 : 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
• Acts 4:27 : 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
• Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
• 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
• Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
• 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
• Acts 22:14 : 14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Luke 1:35 : 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
• Luke 23:18-19 : 18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: 19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
• Luke 23:25 : 25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
• Acts 2:27 : 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• Ps 16:10 : 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• Mark 15:7 : 7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.
• Mark 15:11 : 11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.