Acts 7:35

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τοῦτον τὸν Μωϋσῆν ὃν ἠρνήσαντο, εἰπόντες, Τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστήν; τοῦτον ὁ Θεὸς ἄρχοντα καὶ λυτρωτὴν ἀπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλου τοῦ ὀφθέντος αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ βάτῳ.

Transliteration

This the Mōysēn whom ērnēsanto, eipontes, Tis you katestēsen archonta kai dikastēn? this one the Theos archonta kai lytrōtēn apesteilen en cheiri angelou of the ophthentos to him en the batō.

Grammar Details

• *Mōysēn*: accusative masculine singular - Moses
• *ērnēsanto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they denied/refused/rejected
• *eipontes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - saying
• *Tis*: interrogative pronoun, nominative - who
• *katestēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - appointed/made
• *archonta*: accusative masculine singular - ruler/leader
• *kai*: conjunction - and
• *dikastēn*: accusative masculine singular - judge
• *Theos*: nominative masculine singular - God
• *lytrōtēn*: accusative masculine singular - redeemer/deliverer
• *apesteilen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - sent
• *en*: preposition + dative - by/with
• *cheiri*: dative feminine singular - hand
• *angelou*: genitive masculine singular - angel/messenger
• *ophthentos*: aorist passive participle, genitive masculine singular - having appeared
• *batō*: dative feminine singular - bush

Word Meanings

• *ērnēsanto*: they denied/refused/rejected
• *katestēsen*: appointed/made/established
• *archonta*: ruler/leader/chief
• *dikastēn*: judge/arbiter
• *lytrōtēn*: redeemer/deliverer/liberator
• *apesteilen*: sent/dispatched/commissioned
• *cheiri*: hand/power/agency
• *ophthentos*: having appeared/been seen/shown himself

Referenced Verses

• Num 20:16 : 16 and we cry unto Jehovah, and He heareth our voice, and sendeth a messenger, and is bringing us out of Egypt; and lo, we `are' in Kadesh, a city `in' the extremity of thy border.
• Exod 14:19 : 19 And the messenger of God, who is going before the camp of Israel, journeyeth and goeth at their rear; and the pillar of the cloud journeyeth from their front, and standeth at their rear,
• Luke 19:14 : 14 and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.
• Ps 113:7-8 : 7 He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. 8 To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people.
• Ps 118:22-23 : 22 A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner. 23 From Jehovah hath this been, It `is' wonderful in our eyes,
• Ps 75:7 : 7 But God `is' judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.
• Ps 77:20 : 20 Thou hast led as a flock Thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron!
• Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their distress `He is' no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.
• Isa 63:11-12 : 11 And He remembereth the days of old, Moses -- his people. Where `is' He who is bringing them up from the sea, The shepherd of his flock? Where `is' He who is putting in its midst His Holy Spirit? 12 Leading by the right hand of Moses, the arm of His glory, Cleaving waters from before them, To make to Himself a name age-during.
• John 18:40 : 40 therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one -- but Barabbas;' and Barabbas was a robber.
• John 19:15 : 15 and they cried out, `Take away, take away, crucify him;' Pilate saith to them, `Your king shall I crucify?' the chief priests answered, `We have no king except Caesar.'
• Acts 2:36 : 36 assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him -- this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'
• Acts 3:22 : 22 `For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said -- A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you;
• Acts 5:31 : 31 this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;
• Acts 7:9-9 : 9 and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him, 10 and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 `And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance, 12 and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time; 13 and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh, 14 and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls -- 15 and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,
• Acts 7:27-28 : 27 and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us? 28 to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?
• Acts 7:30 : 30 and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,
• Acts 7:51 : 51 `Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;
• Col 1:15 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,
• Heb 2:2 : 2 for if the word being spoken through messengers did become stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience did receive a just recompense,
• Rev 15:3 : 3 and they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, `Great and wonderful `are' Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true `are' Thy ways, O King of saints,
• Exod 14:24 : 24 and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians,
• Exod 23:20-23 : 20 `Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared; 21 be watchful because of his presence, and hearken to his voice, rebel not against him, for he beareth not with your transgression, for My name `is' in his heart; 22 for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee. 23 `For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off.
• Exod 32:34 : 34 and now, go, lead the people whithersoever I have spoken to thee of; lo, My messenger goeth before thee, and in the day of my charging -- then I have charged upon them their sin.'
• Exod 33:2 : 2 (and I have sent before thee a messenger, and have cast out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,)
• Exod 33:12-15 : 12 And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `See, Thou art saying unto me, Bring up this people, and Thou hast not caused me to know whom Thou dost send with me; and Thou hast said, I have known thee by name, and also thou hast found grace in Mine eyes. 13 `And now, if, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, cause me to know, I pray Thee, Thy way, and I know Thee, so that I find grace in Thine eyes, and consider that this nation `is' Thy people;' 14 and He saith, `My presence doth go, and I have given rest to thee.' 15 And he saith unto Him, `If Thy presence is not going -- take us not up from this `place';
• 1 Sam 8:7-8 : 7 And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Hearken to the voice of the people, to all that they say unto thee, for thee they have not rejected, but Me they have rejected, from reigning over them. 8 According to all the works that they have done from the day of My bringing them up out of Egypt, even unto this day, when they forsake Me, and serve other gods -- so they are doing also to thee.
• 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 and the sons of worthlessness have said, `What! this one doth save us!' and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf.
• 1 Sam 12:8 : 8 `When Jacob hath come in to Egypt, and your fathers cry unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sendeth Moses and Aaron, and they bring out your fathers from Egypt, and cause them to dwell in this place,
• Neh 9:10-14 : 10 and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as `at' this day. 11 And the sea Thou hast cleaved before them, and they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and their pursuers Thou hast cast into the depths, as a stone, into the strong waters. 12 And by a pillar of cloud Thou hast led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to lighten to them the way in which they go. 13 `And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands. 14 And Thy holy sabbath Thou hast made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, Thou hast commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;