Acts 3:16

World English Bible (2000)

By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ, τοῦτον ὃν θεωρεῖτε καὶ οἴδατε, ἐστερέωσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ: καὶ, ἡ πίστις ἡ διʼ αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ τὴν ὁλοκληρίαν ταύτην ἀπέναντι πάντων ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

And upon the pistei of the onomatos of him, this one whom you theōreite and oidate, estereōsen the onoma of him: and, the pistis which is through him edōken to him the holoklērian this apenanti all of you.

Grammar Details

• *pistei*: dative feminine singular - faith
• *onomatos*: genitive neuter singular - name
• *theōreite*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you see/behold
• *oidate*: perfect active indicative, 2nd person plural - you know
• *estereōsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - strengthened/made firm
• *onoma*: nominative neuter singular - name
• *pistis*: nominative feminine singular - faith
• *edōken*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - gave
• *holoklērian*: accusative feminine singular - perfect soundness/complete healing
• *apenanti*: preposition - before/in the presence of

Word Meanings

• *pistei*: faith/belief/trust
• *theōreite*: see/behold/observe
• *oidate*: know/understand/recognize
• *estereōsen*: strengthened/made firm/made strong
• *holoklērian*: perfect soundness/complete healing/wholeness

Referenced Verses

• Acts 3:6 : 6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"
• Matt 21:21-22 : 21 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done. 22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
• Mark 16:17-18 : 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
• Acts 4:10 : 10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
• Acts 14:9 : 9 He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
• Acts 16:18 : 18 She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" It came out that very hour.
• Acts 19:13-17 : 13 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this. 15 The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?" 16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
• 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.
• Acts 4:30 : 30 while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."
• Acts 3:8 : 8 Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
• Acts 4:7 : 7 When they had stood them in the middle of them, they inquired, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
• Luke 17:5-6 : 5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." 6 The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
• John 7:23 : 23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
• John 14:12 : 12 Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.
• Mark 11:22-23 : 22 Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God. 23 For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
• Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• Matt 9:22 : 22 But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.
• Matt 17:19-20 : 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?" 20 He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
• Acts 8:14-16 : 14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit; 16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.