Acts 2:4

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

and they were all filled with the holy goost and beganne to speake with other tonges even as the sprete gave them vtteraunce.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν ἅπαντες Πνεύματος Ἁγίου, καὶ ἤρξαντο λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γλώσσαις, καθὼς τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐδίδου αὐτοῖς ἀποφθέγγεσθαι.

Transliteration

And eplēsthēsan hapantes of Pneumatos Hagiou, and ērxanto lalein with other glōssais, kathōs the Pneuma edidou to them apophtheggesthai.

Grammar Details

• *eplēsthēsan*: aorist passive, 3rd person plural - were filled
• *hapantes*: nominative, masculine, plural - all/everyone
• *Pneumatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - Spirit
• *Hagiou*: genitive, neuter, singular - Holy
• *ērxanto*: aorist middle, 3rd person plural - began
• *lalein*: present active infinitive - to speak
• *glōssais*: dative, feminine, plural - tongues/languages
• *kathōs*: adverb - as/just as/according as
• *Pneuma*: nominative, neuter, singular - Spirit
• *edidou*: imperfect active, 3rd person singular - was giving [continuous]
• *apophtheggesthai*: present middle infinitive - to declare/speak out/utter

Word Meanings

• *Pneumatos*: Spirit/breath/wind
• *lalein*: to speak/talk/utter
• *glōssais*: tongues/languages
• *edidou*: was giving/was granting/was enabling
• *apophtheggesthai*: to declare/speak out/utter forth solemnly

Referenced Verses

• Acts 4:31 : 31 And assone as they had prayed the place moved wheare they were assembled to gedder and they were all filled with the holy goost and they spake the worde of God boldely.
• Acts 13:52 : 52 And the disciples were filled with ioye and with the holy goost.
• Acts 9:17 : 17 Ananias went his waye and entryd into ye housse and put his hondes on him and sayde: brother Saul the LORde that apperyd vnto the in the waye as thou camst hath sent me that thou myghtest receave thy syght and be filled with the holy goost.
• Mark 16:17 : 17 And these signes shall folowe them that beleve: In my name they shall cast oute devyls and shall speake with newe tonges
• Eph 5:18 : 18 and be not dronke with wyne wherin is excesse: but be fulfilled with the sprete
• Acts 1:5 : 5 For Iohn baptised wt water: but ye shalbe baptised with the holy goost and that with in this feawe dayes.
• Acts 4:8 : 8 Then Peter full of ye holy goost sayd vnto them: ye rulars of the people and elders of Israel
• Acts 13:9 : 9 Then Saul which also is called Paul beinge full of the holy goost set his eyes on him
• 1 Cor 12:10 : 10 To another power to do myracles. To another prophesie? To another iudgement of spretes. To another divers tonges. To another the interpretacion of toges.
• 1 Cor 13:1 : 1 Though I spake with the tonges of me and angels and yet had no love I were eve as soundinge brasse: or as a tynklynge Cymball.
• 1 Cor 14:18 : 18 I thanke my god I speake with toges moare then ye all.
• 1 Cor 14:21-23 : 21 In the lawe it is written with other toges and with other lyppes wyll I speake vnto this people and yet for all that will they not heare me sayth the Lorde. 22 Wherfore tonges are for a signe not to them that beleve: but to them that beleve not. Contrary wyse prophesyinge serveth not for them that beleve not: but for them which beleve. 23 Yf therfore when all the cogregacion is come to gedder and all speake with tonges ther come in they yt are vnlearned or they which beleve not: will they not saye that ye are out of youre wittes?
• Acts 7:55 : 55 But he beynge full of the holy goost loked vp stedfastlye with his eyes into heven and sawe the glorie of God and Iesus stondynge on the ryght honde of God
• Acts 19:6 : 6 And Paul layde his hondes apon them and the holy gost came on them and they spake with tonges and prophesied
• Acts 10:46 : 46 For they hearde them speake with tonges and magnify God. Then answered Peter:
• John 14:26 : 26 But that coforter which is the holy gost (whom my father will sende in my name) he shall teache you all thinges and bringe all thinges to youre remembraunce whatsoever I have tolde you.
• John 20:22 : 22 And when he had sayde that he brethed on them and sayde vnto the: Receave ye holy goost.
• Acts 1:8 : 8 but ye shall receave power of the holy goost which shall come on you. And ye shall be witnesses vnto me in Ierusalem and in all Iewrye and in Samary and even vnto the worldes ende.
• Acts 2:11 : 11 Grekes and Arabians: we have herde them speake with oure awne tonges the greate workes of God.
• Acts 6:3 : 3 Wherfore brethren loke ye out amoge you seven men of honest reporte and full of the holy goost and wysdome which we maye apoynte to this nedfull busynes.
• Acts 11:15 : 15 And as I begane to preach ye holy goost fell on them as he dyd on vs at the begynninge.
• 1 Cor 14:26-32 : 26 How is it then brethre? When ye come to gedder every ma hath his songe hath his doctryne hath his toge hath his revelacio hath his interpretacio. Let all thinges be done vnto edifyinge. 27 If eny man speake wt tonges let it be two at once or at the most thre at once and that by course: and let another interprete it. 28 But yf ther be no interpreter let him kepe silence in the cogregacion and let him speake to him selfe and to God. 29 Let the Prophetes speake two at once or thre at once and let other iudge. 30 Yf eny revelacio be made to another that sitteth by let the fyrst holde his peace. 31 For ye maye all prophesy one by one that all maye learne and all maye have comforte. 32 For ye spretes of the Prophetes are in the power of the Prophetes.
• 1 Cor 13:8 : 8 Though that prophesyinge fayle other tonges shall cease ) or knowledge vanysshe awaye yet love falleth never awaye
• 1 Cor 14:5 : 5 I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophisieth? then he yt speaketh with tonges except he expounde it also that the congregacion maye have edifyinge.
• Eph 6:18 : 18 And praye all wayes with all maner prayer and supplicacio: and yt in the sprete: and watch thervnto wt all instance and supplicacio for all saynctes
• 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 vnto which Prophetes it was declared that not vnto them selves but vnto vs they shuld minister the thinges which are now shewed vnto you of them which by ye holy goost sent doune fro heven have preached vnto you the thinges which the angels desyre to beholde.
• 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For the scripture came never by the will of man: but holy men of god spake as they were moved by the holy goost.
• 1 Cor 12:28-30 : 28 And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacion fyrst the Apostels secodarely prophetes thyrdly teachers then the that do miracles: after that the gyftes of healynge helpers governers diversite of tonges. 29 Are all Apostles? Are all Prophetes? Are all teachers? Are all doars of miracles? 30 Have all the gyftes of healinge? Do all speake wt tonges? Do all interprete?
• Eph 3:19 : 19 and to knowe what is the love of Christ which love passeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with all manner of fulnes which commeth of God.
• Acts 11:24 : 24 For he was a good man and full of the holy goost and of faythe: and moche people was added vnto the Lorde.
• Rom 15:13 : 13 The God of hope fyll you with all ioye and peace in belevynge: that ye maye be ryche in hope thorowe the power of the holy goost.
• Acts 6:5 : 5 And the sayinge pleased the whoale multitude. And they chose Steven a man full of fayth and of the holy goost and Philip and Prochorus and Nichanor and Timon and Permenas and Nicholas a converte of Antioche.
• Acts 6:8 : 8 And Steven full of faythe and power dyd great wondres and myracles amoge ye people.
• Num 11:25-29 : 25 And the Lorde came doune in a cloude and spake vnto him ad toke of the sprete that was apon him ad put it apon the.lxx. elders. And as the spirite rested apon them they prophecied and did nought els. 26 But there remayned.ij. of ye me in the hoste: the one called Eldad ad the other Medad. And the spirite rested apon them for they were of them that were written but they wet not out vnto the tabernacle: and they prophecied in the hoste. 27 And there ran a younge man and tolde Moses and sayed: Eldad ad Medad do prophecye in the hoste. 28 And Iosua the sonne of Nu the seruaunte of Moses which he had chosen out answered and sayed: master Moses forbyd them. 29 And Moses sayed vnto him: enuyest thou for my sake? wolde God that all the Lordes people coude prophecye and that the Lorde wolde put his spirite apon them.
• Matt 10:19 : 19 But when they delyver you vp take no thought how or what ye shall speake for yt shalbe geve you eve in that same houre what ye shall saye.
• Luke 1:15 : 15 For he shalbe greate in the sight of the LORde and shall nether drinke wyne ner stronge drinke. And he shalbe filled with the holy goost even in his mothers wombe:
• Luke 1:41 : 41 And it fortuned as Elizabeth hearde ye salutacion of Mary the babe spronge in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy goost
• Luke 1:67 : 67 And his father zacharias was filled with the holy goost and prophisyed sayinge:
• Luke 4:1 : 1 Iesus then full of the holy goost returnyd fro Iordan and was caryed of ye sprete into wildernes
• Luke 12:12 : 12 For the holy goost shall teache you in the same houre what ye ought to saye.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 for I will geve you a mouth and wisdome where agaynste all youre adversarys shall not be able to speake nor resist.
• Exod 4:11-12 : 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto hi: who hath made mas mouth, or who hath made the domme or the deaff, the seynge or the blynde? haue not I the Lorde? 12 Go therfore and I wilbe with thy mouth and teach the what thou shalt saye.