Acts 11:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ταῦτα, ἡσύχασαν, καὶ ἐδόξαζον τὸν Θεόν, λέγοντες, Ἄρα γε καὶ τοῖς Ἔθνεσιν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν μετάνοιαν ἔδωκεν εἰς ζωήν.

Transliteration

Akousantes de tauta, hēsychasan, and edoxazon ton Theon, legontes, Ara ge also to the Ethnesin ho Theos tēn metanoian edōken for zōēn.

Grammar Details

• *Akousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having heard
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *tauta*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative neuter plural - these things
• *hēsychasan*: aorist active indicative 3rd person plural - they became silent
• *edoxazon*: imperfect active indicative 3rd person plural - they were glorifying
• *ton Theon*: accusative masculine singular with article - God
• *legontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - saying
• *Ara ge*: inferential particles - then indeed
• *kai*: adverb - also/even
• *tois Ethnesin*: dative neuter plural with article - to the Gentiles/nations
• *ho Theos*: nominative masculine singular with article - God
• *tēn metanoian*: accusative feminine singular with article - repentance
• *edōken*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular - has given
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - for/unto
• *zōēn*: accusative feminine singular - life

Word Meanings

• *Akousantes*: having heard/when they heard
• *hēsychasan*: became silent/fell quiet/ceased arguing
• *edoxazon*: were glorifying/were praising
• *Ara ge*: then indeed/so then
• *Ethnesin*: Gentiles/nations/non-Jewish peoples
• *metanoian*: repentance/change of mind
• *edōken*: has given/granted
• *zōēn*: life/eternal life

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When they heard this, they became silent and glorified God, saying, 'So then, God has granted repentance leading to life even to the Gentiles.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When they heard these things, they held their pee, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when{G1161} they heard{G191} these things,{G5023} they held their peace,{G2270} and{G2532} glorified{G1392} God,{G2316} saying,{G3004} Then{G686} to the Gentiles{G1484} also{G2532} hath{G1325} God{G2316} granted{G1325} repentance{G3341} unto{G1519} life.{G2222}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When{G1161} they heard{G191}{(G5660)} these things{G5023}, they held their peace{G2270}{(G5656)}, and{G2532} glorified{G1392}{(G5707)} God{G2316}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, Then{G686} hath{G1325} God{G2316} also{G2534} to the Gentiles{G1484} granted{G1325}{(G5656)} repentance{G3341} unto{G1519} life{G2222}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  when they hearde this they helde their peace and gloryfied God sayinge: then hath God also to the gentyls graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan they herde this, they helde their peace, and praysed God, and sayde: Then hath God also to the Heithen graunted repentaunce vnto life.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When they heard these things, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles graunted repentance vnto life.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When they hearde these thynges, they helde their peace, and glorified God, saying: Then hath God also to ye Gentiles, graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And hearing these things they said nothing more, but gave glory to God, saying, Then to the Gentiles as to us has God given a change of heart, so that they may have life.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying,“So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 7:10 : 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world produces death.
• Rom 10:12-13 : 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."
• Acts 5:31 : 31 Him God has exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
• Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 21:20 : 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who believe, and they are all zealous for the law:
• Acts 22:21-22 : 21 And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles. 22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live.
• Acts 26:17-20 : 17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: 20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.
• Rom 3:29-30 : 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30 since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
• Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.
• Acts 11:1 : 1 And the apostles and brothers that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
• Acts 13:47-48 : 47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
• Acts 15:3 : 3 And being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they brought great joy to all the brethren.
• Lev 10:19-20 : 19 And Aaron said to Moses, 'Behold, this day they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, and such things have happened to me. If I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?' 20 When Moses heard that, he was satisfied.
• Josh 22:30 : 30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the leaders of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them.
• Isa 60:21 : 21 Also your people shall all be righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
• Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not accustomed to the yoke: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God. 19 Surely, after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
• Ezek 36:26 : 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
• Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Acts 3:26 : 26 To you first, God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
• Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name. 10 And again he says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and laud him, all you people. 12 And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit. 14 And I myself am also persuaded of you, my brethren, that you are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written to you more boldly in part, to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God, 16 That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
• Gal 1:24 : 24 And they glorified God because of me.
• Gal 3:26-27 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• Eph 2:11-18 : 11 Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, to create in Himself of the two one new man, so making peace; 16 And that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
• Eph 3:5-8 : 5 Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
• 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
• Jas 1:16-17 : 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.