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Andδὲthe peopleὁ δῆμοςkept shouting,ἐπεφώνει“The voiceφωνὴof a godΘεοῦandκαὶnotοὐκof a man.”ἀνθρώπου
Acts 12:22
Study it in the app“And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 12:22, word by word
- the peopleδῆμοςdēmos
people, assembly
The people; the people gathered in a public assembly.
Where else “dēmos” appears- kept shoutingἐπεφώνειepephōnei
shout
Shout, cry out.
Where else “epephōnei” appears- “The voiceφωνὴphōnē
voice
Someone's voice, or a shout.
Where else “phōnē” appears- of a godΘεοῦTheou
god
A god of other peoples.
Where else “Theou” appears- of a manἀνθρώπουanthrōpou
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpou” appears
The context
21And on an appointed day Herod, having put on royal clothing and taking his seat on the tribunal, was delivering a public address to them.
22 · This verse (above)
23And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give the glory to God; and becoming eaten by worms, he breathed his last.
To study Acts 12 in a group
1. What it says
What happens to Peter in prison, and what was the assembly doing in the meantime? (vv. 5-12)
2. What it means
When Rhoda announces that Peter is at the door, they do not believe her (vv. 13-16). What does this show about those who were praying?
3. How I live it
The believers prayed earnestly (v. 5). For whom or what could you pray steadily, even without seeing an answer soon?