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whoτῶνkilledἀποκτεινάντωνbothκαὶthe Lordτὸν κύριονJesusἸησοῦνandκαὶthe prophets,τοὺς προφήταςandκαὶdrove us out,ἡμᾶς ἐκδιωξάντωνandκαὶwho do notμὴpleaseἀρεσκόντωνGodθεῷandκαὶare hostileἐναντίωνto allπᾶσινpeople,ἀνθρώποις
1 Thessalonians 2:15
Study it in the app“who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and who do not please God and are hostile to all people,”
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 2:15, word by word
- killedἀποκτεινάντωνapokteinantōn
kill
Kill.
Where else “apokteinantōn” appears- the Lordκύριονkyrion
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrion” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears- the prophetsπροφήταςprophētas
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētas” appears- drove us outἐκδιωξάντωνekdiōxantōn
drive out, persecute
Drive out, chase away by persecution.
Where else “ekdiōxantōn” appears- pleaseἀρεσκόντωνareskontōn
please
Please.
Where else “areskontōn” appears- Godθεῷtheōi
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theōi” appears- are hostileἐναντίωνenantiōn
opponent
The one who opposes; the enemy.
Where else “enantiōn” appears- peopleἀνθρώποιςanthrōpois
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpois” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that Paul, himself a Jew (Romans 11:1), refers to those in Judea who opposed the proclamation of the good news (verse 14: “in Judea”), not to all his people.
The context
14For you became imitators, brothers, of the assemblies of God that are in Judea in the Messiah Jesus, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen just as they also did from the Jews,
15 · This verse (above)
16hindering us from speaking to the nations so that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath has come upon them to the end.