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Andκαὶthough they foundεὑρόντεςnoμηδεμίανcauseαἰτίανfor death,θανάτουthey askedᾐτήσαντοPilateΠιλᾶτονthat heαὐτόνbe executed.ἀναιρεθῆναι
Acts 13:28
Study it in the app“And though they found no cause for death, they asked Pilate that he be executed.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 13:28, word by word
- though they foundεὑρόντεςheurontes
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurontes” appears- noμηδεμίανmēdemian
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēdemian” appears- causeαἰτίανaitian
charge
The wrong charged against someone before a judge to condemn them.
Where else “aitian” appears- for deathθανάτουthanatou
death
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanatou” appears- they askedᾐτήσαντοēitēsanto
ask
Ask, ask for.
Where else “ēitēsanto” appears- PilateΠιλᾶτονPilaton
Pilate
Pilate: Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.
Where else “Pilaton” appears- be executedἀναιρεθῆναιanairethēnai
kill
To end someone's life, to do away with them.
Where else “anairethēnai” appears
The context
27For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, not recognizing him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
28 · This verse (above)
29And when they had carried out all that had been written about him, they took him down from the wooden beam and laid him in a tomb.
To study Acts 13 in a group
1. What it says
In Antioch, while they fasted and served the Lord, what did the Holy Spirit say, and what did the assembly do? (vv. 1-3)
2. What it means
Why do you think the assembly fasted and prayed before sending Barnabas and Saul? (vv. 2-3)
3. How I live it
Facing an important decision, with whom can you seek counsel and pray before taking the step?