Acts 8:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ᾯ προσεῖχον πάντες, ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, λέγοντες, Οὗτός ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ μεγάλη.

Transliteration

To whom proseichon pantes, from mikrou to megalou, legontes, This estin the dynamis of Theou the megalē.

Grammar Details

*proseichon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - were paying attention to
*pantes*: nominative, masculine, plural - all
*mikrou*: genitive, masculine, singular - small/least
*megalou*: genitive, masculine, singular - great/important
*legontes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - saying
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - is
*dynamis*: nominative, feminine, singular - power
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
*megalē*: nominative, feminine, singular - great

Word Meanings

*proseichon*: were paying attention to/giving heed to
*mikrou ēos megalou*: from small to great/from least to greatest/everyone
*dynamis*: power/might/strength

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Referenced Verses

Acts 14:11 : 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
Acts 28:6 : 6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
2 Cor 11:19 : 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
Eph 4:14 : 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
2 Pet 2:2 : 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Rev 13:3 : 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Jer 8:10 : 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Jonah 3:5 : 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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