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AndΚαὶinἐνtheseταύταιςdaysταῖς ἡμέραιςPeterΠέτροςstood upἀναστὰςinἐνthe midstμέσῳof the brothersτῶν ἀδελφῶνand saidεἶπεν(andτεthere wasἦνa crowdὄχλοςof personsὀνομάτωνgathered together,ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸaboutὡςa hundredἑκατὸνand twenty):εἴκοσι
Acts 1:15
Study it in the app“And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers and said (and there was a crowd of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty):”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 1:15, word by word
- daysἡμέραιςhēmerais
lifetime
The time or the years of someone's life.
Where else “hēmerais” appears- PeterΠέτροςPetros
Peter
Peter, "rock": the name Jesus gave to Simon.
Where else “Petros” appears- stood upἀναστὰςanastas
get up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anastas” appears- the midstμέσῳmesōi
middle
Middle, in the midst.
Where else “mesōi” appears- of the brothersἀδελφῶνadelphōn
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphōn” appears- and saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- there wasἦνēn
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “ēn” appears- a crowdὄχλοςochlos
crowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlos” appears- of personsὀνομάτωνonomatōn
person
People counted one by one, each with a name.
Where else “onomatōn” appears- a hundredἑκατὸνhekaton
hundred
One hundred.
Where else “hekaton” appears- and twenty)εἴκοσιeikosi
twenty
Twenty.
Where else “eikosi” appears
Translation note
Literally “names,” that is, persons.
The context
14All these were devoting themselves with one mind to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
15 · This verse (above)
16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus,
To study Acts 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus tell the apostles they will receive, and what will they be, before he is taken up? (v. 8)
2. What it means
Why do you think Jesus does not answer their question about the timing and speaks instead of being witnesses? (vv. 6-8)
3. How I live it
The disciples waited together in prayer (v. 14). What helps you hold steady when you wait for something and do not know when it will come?