Acts 6:14

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

for we hearde him saye: this Iesus of Nazareth shall destroye this place and shall chaunge the ordinaunces which Moses gave vs.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀκηκόαμεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος οὗτος καταλύσει τὸν τόπον τοῦτον, καὶ ἀλλάξει τὰ ἔθη ἃ παρέδωκεν ἡμῖν Μωϋσῆς.

Transliteration

Akēkoamen gar of him legontos, that Iēsous the Nazōraios this katalysei the topon this, and allaxei the ethē which paredōken to us Mōysēs.

Grammar Details

• *Akēkoamen*: perfect, active, indicative, 1st person, plural - we have heard
• *gar*: conjunction, explanatory - for/because
• *legontos*: present, active, participle, genitive, masculine, singular - saying
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Nazōraios*: nominative, masculine, singular, adjective - Nazarene
• *katalysei*: future, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - will destroy/overthrow
• *topon*: accusative, masculine, singular - place
• *allaxei*: future, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - will change/alter
• *ethē*: accusative, neuter, plural - customs/practices
• *paredōken*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - delivered/handed down
• *Mōysēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Moses

Word Meanings

• *Akēkoamen*: we have heard/we heard
• *legontos*: saying/declaring/stating
• *Nazōraios*: Nazarene/from Nazareth
• *katalysei*: will destroy/overthrow/demolish
• *topon*: place/location/temple
• *allaxei*: will change/alter/transform
• *ethē*: customs/practices/traditions
• *paredōken*: delivered/handed down/entrusted

Referenced Verses

• Acts 15:1 : 1 Then cam certayne from Iewrie and taught the brethren: excepte ye be circumcysed after the maner of Moses ye cannot be saved.
• Acts 21:21 : 21 And they are informed of the that thou teachest all the Iewes which are amoge the gentyls to forsake Moses and sayst that they ought not to circumcise their chyldren nether to live after the customes.
• Acts 25:8 : 8 as longe as he answered for him selfe that he had nether agaynst the lawe of the Iewes nether agaynst the temple nor yet agaynst Cesar offended eny thinge at all.
• Acts 26:3 : 3 namely because thou arte experte in all customes and questions which are amonge the Iewes. Wherfore I beseche the to heare me paciently.
• Acts 28:17 : 17 And it fortuned after thre dayes that Paul called ye chefe of ye Iewes together. And whe they were come he sayde vnto the: Men and brethren though I have comitted nothinge agaynst the people or lawes of oure fathers: yet was I delyvered presoner from Ierusalem in to the hondes of ye Romayns.
• Gal 3:19 : 19 Wherfore then serveth ye lawe? The lawe was added because of transgression (tyll the seed cam to which ye promes was made) and it was ordeyned by angels in ye honde of a mediator.
• Gal 3:23 : 23 Before yt fayth cam we were kept and shut vp vnder the lawe vnto the fayth which shuld afterwarde be declared.
• Gal 4:3-5 : 3 Even so we as longe as we were chyldren were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde. 4 But when the tyme was full come God sent his sonne borne of a woman and made bonde vnto ye lawe 5 to redeme the which were vnder the lawe: yt we thorow eleccion myght receave the inheritauce yt belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes.
• Heb 7:11-19 : 11 Yf now therfore perfeccion came by the presthod of the levites (for vnder that presthod the people recaved the lawe) what neded it furthermore that an other prest shuld ryse after the order of Melchisedech and not after the order of Aaron? 12 Now no dout yf the presthod be translated then of necessitie must the lawe be translated also. 13 For he of whom these thynges are spoken pertayneth vnto another trybe of which never man served at the aultre. 14 For it is evidet that oure LORde spronge of the trybe of Iuda of which trybe spake Moses nothynge concernynge presthod. 15 And it is yet a more evydent thinge yf after the similitude of Melchisedech ther aryse a nother prest 16 which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundmet: but after the power of the endlesse lyf 17 (For he testifieth: Thou arte a prest forever after the order of Melchysedech) 18 Then the commaundmet that went a fore is disanulled because of hir weaknes and vnproffitablenes. 19 For the lawe made nothynge parfecte: but was an introduccion of a better hope by which hope we drawe nye vnto god.
• Heb 8:6-9 : 6 Now hath he obtayned a more excellent office in as moche as he is the mediator of a better testament which was made for better promyses. 7 For yf that fyrst testament had bene fautelesse: then shuld no place have bene sought for the seconde. 8 For in rebukynge the he sayth: Beholde the dayes will come (sayth the LORde) and I will fynnyshe apon the housse of Israhel and apon the housse of Iuda 9 a newe testament: not lyke the testament that I made with their fathers at that tyme whe I toke them by the hondes to lede them oute of the londe of Egipte for they continued not in my testament and I regarded them not sayth the LORde. 10 For this is the testament that I will make with the housse of Israhell: After those dayes sayth the LORde: I will put my lawes in their myndes and in their hertes I will wryte the and I wilbe their God and they shalbe my people. 11 And they shall not teache every man his neghboure and every man his brother sayinge: knowe the LORde: For they shall knowe me from the lest to the moste of them: 12 For I wilbe mercifull over their vnrightwesnes and on their synnes and on their iniquiries. 13 In yt he sayth a new testament he hath abrogat the olde. Now that which is disanulled and wexed olde is redy to vannysshe awaye.
• Heb 9:9-9 : 9 Which was a similitude for the tyme then present and in which were offered gyftes and sacrifises that coulde not make them that minister parfecte as pertaynynge to the conscienc 10 with only meates and drinkes and divers wesshynges and iustifyinges of the flesshe which were ordeyned vntyll the tyme of reformacion. 11 But Christ beynge an hye prest of good thynges to come came by a greater and a moare parfecte tabernacle not made with hondes: that is to saye not of this maner bildyng
• Heb 10:1-9 : 1 For the lawe which hath but the shadowe of good thynges to come and not the thynges in their awne fassion can never with ye sacryfises which they offer yere by yere continually make the comers thervnto parfayte. 2 For wolde not then those sacrifises have ceased to have bene offered because that the offerers once pourged shuld have had no moare conscieces of sinnes. 3 Neverthelesse in those sacrifises is ther mencion made of synnes every yeare. 4 For it is vnpossible that the bloud of oxen and of gotes shuld take awaye synnes. 5 Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde he sayth: Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldest not have: but a bodie hast thou ordeyned me. 6 In sacrifices and synne offerynges thou hast no lust. 7 Then I sayde: Lo I come in the chefest of the boke it is written of me that I shuld doo thy will o god. 8 Above when he had sayed sacrifice and offerynge and burnt sacrifices and synne offerynges thou woldest not have nether hast alowed (which yet are offered by the lawe) 9 and then sayde: Lo I come to do thy will o god: he taketh awaye the fyrst to stablisshe the latter. 10 By the which will we are sanctified by the offeringe of the body of Iesu Christe once for all. 11 And every prest is redy dayly ministrynge and ofte tymes offereth one maner of offerynge which can never take awaye synnes. 12 But this man after he had offered one sacrifyce for synnes sat him doune for ever on the right honde of god 13 and from hence forth tarieth till his foes be made his fotestole. 14 For with one offerynge hath he made parfecte for ever them yt are sanctified. 15 And ye holy goost also beareth vs recorde of this even when he tolde before: 16 This is the testament that I will make vnto them after those dayes sayth the LORde. I will put my lawes in their hertes and in their mynde I will write them 17 and their synnes and iniquyties will I remember no moare. 18 And where remission of these thinges is there is no moare offerynge for synne.
• Heb 12:26-28 : 26 whose voyce the shouke the erth and now declareth sayinge: yet once more will I shake not the erth only but also heven. 27 No dout yt same that he sayth yet once more signifieth the removinge a waye of those thinges which are shaken as of thinges which have ended their course: that the thynges which are not shaken maye remayne. 28 Wherfore if we receave a kyngdom which is not moved we have grace wherby we maye serve god and please him with reverence and godly feare.
• Matt 24:1-2 : 1 And Iesus went out and departed fro the teple: and his disciples came to hym for to shewe him the byldinge of the teple. 2 Iesus sayde vnto the: se ye not all these thinges? Verely I saye vnto you: ther shall not be here lefte one stone vpon another that shall not be cast doune.
• Matt 26:61 : 61 and sayd: This felowe sayde: I can distroye the temple of God and bylde it agayne in.iii. dayes.
• Mark 14:58 : 58 We herde him saye: I will destroye this temple made with hondes and with in thre dayes I will bylde another made with out hondes.
• Luke 13:34-35 : 34 O Ierusalem Ierusalem which kyllest prophetes and stonest them that are sent to ye: how often wolde I have gadered thy childre to gedder as the hen gathereth her nest vnder her wynges but ye wolde not. 35 Beholde youre habitacion shalbe left vnto you desolate. For I tell you ye shall not se me vntill the tyme come that ye shall saye blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde.
• Luke 21:6 : 6 The dayes will come whe of these thynges which ye se shall not be lefte stone apon stone that shall not be throwen doune.
• Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall on the edge of the swearde and shalbe leed captive into all nacions. And Ierusalem shalbe trooden vnder fote of the gentyls vntyll the tyme of the gentyls be fulfilled.
• John 4:21 : 21 Iesus sayde vnto her: woman beleve me the houre cometh when ye shall nether in this moutayne nor yet at Ierusalem worshippe the father.