Acts 3:25

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Ye are the chyldren of the Prophetes and of the covenaunt which God hath made vnto oure fathers sayinge to Abraham: Eve in thy seede shall all the kinredes of the erth be blessed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑμεῖς ἐστε υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν, καὶ τῆς διαθήκης ἧς διέθετο ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν, λέγων πρὸς Ἀβραάμ, Καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου ἐνευλογηθήσονται πᾶσαι αἱ πατριαὶ τῆς γῆς.

Transliteration

You este huioi of the prophētōn, and of the diathēkēs which dietheto the Theos pros the pateras of us, saying pros Abraham, And in the spermati of you shall be eneulogēthēsontai all the patriai of the gēs.

Grammar Details

• *este*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you are
• *huioi*: nominative masculine plural - sons
• *prophētōn*: genitive masculine plural - prophets
• *diathēkēs*: genitive feminine singular - covenant
• *dietheto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - made/established
• *Theos*: nominative masculine singular - God
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - with/to
• *pateras*: accusative masculine plural - fathers
• *spermati*: dative neuter singular - seed
• *eneulogēthēsontai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person plural - will be blessed
• *patriai*: nominative feminine plural - families
• *gēs*: genitive feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *huioi*: sons/descendants/children
• *diathēkēs*: covenant/testament/agreement
• *dietheto*: made/established/arranged
• *spermati*: seed/offspring/descendant
• *patriai*: families/clans/peoples

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:18 : 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
• Acts 2:39 : 39 For ye promyse was made vnto you and to youre chyldre and to all that are afarre even as many as ye Lorde oure God shall call.
• Gen 12:3 : 3 And I wyll blesse the that blesse the ad curse the that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erth.
• Rom 9:4-5 : 4 which are the Israelites. To whom pertayneth the adopcion and the glorie and the covenauntes and the law that was geven and the service of God and the promyses: 5 whose also are the fathers and they of whome (as concernynge the flesshe) Christ came which is God over all thinges blessed for ever Amen.
• Rev 7:9 : 9 After this I behelde and lo a gret multitude (which noma coulde nombre) of all nacios and people and tonges stode before the seate and before the lambe clothed with longe whyte garmentes and palmes in there hondes
• Gen 20:7 : 7 Now therfore delyuer the ma his wyfe ageyne for he is a prophete. And let him praye for the that thou mayst lyue. But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that thou shalt dye the deth with all that thou hast.
• Gen 17:19 : 19 The sayde God: na Sara thy wife shall bere the a sonne ad thou shalt call his name Isaac. And I will make my bonde with him that it shall be an everlastynge bonde vnto his seed after him.
• Gen 28:14 : 14 And thy seed shalbe as the dust of the erth: And thou shalt spreade abrode: west east north and south. And thorow the and thy seed shall all the kynreddes of the erth be blessed.
• Acts 13:26 : 26 Ye men and brethren chyldren of the generacion of Abraham and whosoever amoge you feareth God to you is this worde of salvacio sent.
• Gen 26:4 : 4 and will multiplye thy seed as ye starres of heave and will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis. And thorow thy seed shall all the natios of the erth be blessed
• Gal 3:8 : 8 For the seripture sawe afore honde yt God wolde iustifie the hethen thorow fayth and therfore shewed before honde glad tydinges vnto Abraham: In the shall all nacions be blessed.
• Gal 3:16 : 16 To Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He sayth not in the seedes as in many: but in thy sede as in one which is Christ.
• Gal 3:29 : 29 Yf ye be Christes then are ye Abrahams seed and heyres by promes.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 and they songe a newe songe saynge: thou art worthy to take ye boke and to ope ye seales therof: for thou waste kylled and haste redemed vs by thy bloud out of all kynreddes and tonges and people and nacions
• Gen 27:36-40 : 36 Than sayde he: He maye well be called Iacob for he hath vndermyned me now.ij. tymes fyrst he toke awaye my byrthrighte: and se now hath he taken awaye my blessynge also. And he sayde hast thou kepte neuer a blessynge for me? 37 Isaac answered and sayde vnto Esau: beholde I haue made him thi LORde and all his mothers childern haue I made his seruauntes. Moreouer wyth corne ad wyne haue I stablesshed him what ca I do vnto the now my sonne? 38 And Esau sayde vnto his father? hast thou but yt one blessynge my father? blesse me also my father: so lyfted vp Esau his voyce and wept 39 Tha Isaac his father answered and sayde vnto himBeholde thy dwellynge place shall haue of the fatnesse of the erth and of the dewe of heauen fro aboue. 40 And wyth thy swerde shalt thou lyue and shalt be thy brothers seruaunte But the tyme will come when thou shalt gett the mastrye and lowse his yocke from of thy necke.
• Rom 4:13 : 13 For the promes that he shuld be the heyre of the worlde was not geven to Abraha or to his seed thorow the lawe: but thorow ye rightewesnes which cometh of fayth.
• Gen 48:14-20 : 14 And Israel stretched out his righte hande and layde it apon Ephraims head which was the yonger and his lyft hade apon Manasses heed crossinge his handes for manasses was the elder. 15 And he blessed Ioseph saynge: God before whome my fathers Abraham and Isaac dyd walke and the God which hath fedd me all my life longe vnto this day 16 And the angell which hath delyuered me fro all euyll blesse these laddes: yt they maye be called after my name and after my father Abraham and Isaac and that they maye growe ad multiplie apo the erth. 17 When Ioseph sawe that his father layd his ryghte hande apon the heade of Ephraim it displeased him. And he lifte vpp his fathers hade to haue removed it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head 18 and sayde vnto his father: Not so my father for this is the eldest. Put thy right hande apon his head. 19 And his father wold not but sayde: I knowe it well my sonne I knowe it well. He shalbe also a people ad shalbe great. But of a troth his yonger brother shalbe greatter than he and his seed shall be full of people. 20 And he blessed them sainge. At the ensample of these the Israelites shall blesse and saye: God make the as Ephraim and as Manasses. Thus sett he Ephraim before Manasses.
• Gen 49:1-9 : 1 And Iacob called for his sonnes ad sayde: come together that I maye tell you what shall happe you in the last dayes. 2 Gather you together and heare ye sonnes of Iacob and herken vnto Israel youre father. 3 Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power. 4 As vnstable as water wast thou: thou shalt therfore not be the chefest for thou wenst vp vpo thy fathers bedd and than defyledest thou my couche with goynge vppe. 5 The brethern Simeon and Leui weked instrumentes are their wepos. 6 In to their secrettes come not my soule and vnto their congregation be my honoure not coupled: for in their wrath they slewe a man and in their selfewill they houghed an oxe. 7 Cursed be their wrath for it was stronge and their fearsnes for it was cruell. I will therfore deuyde them in Iacob and scater them in Israel. 8 Iuda thy brethern shall prayse the and thine hande shalbe in the necke of thyne enimies and thy fathers childern shall stoupe vnto the. 9 Iuda is a lions whelpe. Fro spoyle my sonne thou art come an hye: he layde him downe and couched himselfe as a lion and as a lionesse. Who dare stere him vp? 10 The sceptre shall not departe from Iuda nor a ruelar from betwene his legges vntill Silo come vnto whome the people shall herken. 11 He shall bynde his fole vnto the vine and his asses colt vnto the vyne braunche ad shall wash his garment in wyne and his mantell in the bloud of grapes 12 his eyes are roudier than wyne ad his teeth whitter then mylke. 13 Zabulon shall dwell in the hauen of the see and in the porte of shippes and shall reache vnto Sidon. 14 Isachar is a stronge asse he couched him doune betwene.ij. borders 15 and sawe that rest was good and the lande that it was pleasant and bowed his shulder to beare and became a servaunte vnto trybute. 16 Dan shall iudge his people as one of the trybes of Israel. 17 Dan shalbe a serpent in the waye and an edder in the path and byte the horse heles so yt his ryder shall fall backwarde, 18 After thy sauynge loke I LORde. 19 Gad men of warre shall invade him. And he shall turne them to flyght. 20 Off Asser cometh fatt breed and he shall geue pleasures for a kynge. 21 Nepthali is a swyft hynde ad geueth goodly wordes. 22 That florishynge childe Ioseph that florishing childe and goodly vn to the eye: the doughters come forth to bere ruele. 23 The shoters haue envyed him and chyde with him ad hated him 24 and yet his bowe bode fast and his armes and his handes were stronge by the handes of the myghtye God of Iacob: out of him shall come an herde ma a stone in Israel. 25 Thi fathers God shall helpe the and the almightie shall blesse the with blessinges from heaven aboue and with blessinges of the water that lieth vnder and with blessinges of the brestes and of the wombe. 26 The blessinges of thy father were stronge: euen as the blessinges of my elders after the desyre of the hiest in the worlde and these blessinges shall fall on the head of Ioseph and on the toppe of the head of him yt was separat from his brethern. 27 Ben Iamin is a raueshynge wolfe. In the mornynge be shall deuoure his praye ad at nyghte he shall deuyde his spoyle. 28 All these are the.xij. tribes of Israel and this is that which their father spake vnto them whe he blessed them euery man with a severall blessinge. 29 And he charged them and sayde vnto them. I shall be put vnto my people: se that ye burye me with my fathers in the caue that is in the felde of Ephron the Hethyt 30 in the double caue that is in the felde before Mamre in the lande of Canaan. Which felde Abraham boughte of Ephron the Hethite for a possessio to burye in. 31 There they buryed Abraha and Sara his wyfe there they buryed Isaac and Rebecca his wyfe. And there I buried Lea: 32 which felde and the caue that is therin was bought of the childern of Heth. 33 When Iacob had commaunded all that he wold vnto his sonnes be plucked vp his fete apon the bedd and dyed and was put vnto his people.
• Matt 3:9-9 : 9 And se that ye ons thynke not to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldern vnto Abraha. 10 Euenowe is ye axe put vnto ye rote of ye trees: soo that every tree which bringeth not forthe goode frute is hewe doune and cast into ye fyre.
• Luke 1:72 : 72 To fulfill the mercy promised to oure fathers and to remember his holy covenaunt.
• Gen 18:18 : 18 seynge that Abraham shall be a great ad a myghtie people and all the nations of the erth shalbe blessed in him?
• Gen 17:9-9 : 9 And God sayde vnto Abraha: Se thou kepe my testamente both thou and thy seed after the in their tymes: 10 This is my testamente which ye shall kepe betwene me and you and thy seed after the that ye circucyse all youre men childern ye shall circumcys
• Rev 14:6 : 6 And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes of heven havynge an everlastynge gospell to preache vnto them that sytt and dwell on the erth and to all nacions kinreddes and tonges and peopl
• Rom 15:8 : 8 And I saye that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the trueth of god to conferme the promyses made vnto the fathers.