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Andκαὶweἡμεῖςarewitnessesμάρτυρεςof allπάντωνthatὧνhe didἐποίησενbothτεinἔνthe countryτῇ χώρᾳof the Jewsτῶν Ἰουδαίωνandκαὶin Jerusalem;Ἰερουσαλήμhimὃνthey evenκαὶkilledἀνεῖλανby hanging himκρεμάσαντεςonἐπὶa wooden beam.ξύλου
Acts 10:39
Study it in the app“And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; him they even killed by hanging him on a wooden beam.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:39, word by word
- witnessesμάρτυρεςmartyres
witness
Someone who tells what they saw or heard.
Where else “martyres” appears- he didἐποίησενepoiēsen
bear fruit
To produce fruit, like a tree; in life, deeds that can be seen.
Where else “epoiēsen” appears- the countryχώρᾳchōrai
region
A region, a country.
Where else “chōrai” appears- of the JewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōn
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiōn” appears- in JerusalemἸερουσαλήμIerousalēm
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Ierousalēm” appears- killedἀνεῖλανaneilan
kill
To end someone's life, to do away with them.
Where else “aneilan” appears- by hanging himκρεμάσαντεςkremasantes
hang
Hang, suspend; in the passive, hang on something, depend on it.
Where else “kremasantes” appears- a wooden beamξύλουxylou
cross
The timber Jesus was hung on.
Where else “xylou” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
38Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.
39 · This verse (above)
40This man God raised on the third day and granted him to become visible,
To study Acts 10 in a group
1. What it says
What vision does Cornelius have, and what vision does Peter have? What are they each asked to do? (vv. 3-16)
2. What it means
Peter says God shows no partiality (vv. 34-35). How did what Peter experienced change what he understood?
3. How I live it
Are there people you tend to keep at a distance? What small step could you take toward one of them?