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andδὲyou killedἀπεκτείνατεthe Authorτὸν ἀρχηγὸνof life,τῆς ζωῆςwhomὃνGodὁ θεὸςraisedἤγειρενfromἐκthe dead,νεκρῶνof whichοὗweἡμεῖςareἐσμενwitnesses.μάρτυρές
Acts 3:15
Study it in the app“and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 3:15, word by word
- you killedἀπεκτείνατεapekteinate
kill
Kill.
Where else “apekteinate” appears- the Authorἀρχηγὸνarchēgon
author, leader
Author, founder; leader, prince: one who begins something and leads others in it.
Where else “archēgon” appears- of lifeζωῆςzōēs
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēs” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- raisedἤγειρενēgeiren
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “ēgeiren” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- areἐσμενesmen
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appears- witnessesμάρτυρέςmartyres
witness
Someone who tells what they saw or heard.
Where else “martyres” appears
Translation note
Ἀρχηγός is the one who opens the way and leads along it; the one who gives rise to something.
The context
14But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a man who was a murderer to be granted to you,
15 · This verse (above)
16And by faith in his name, this man, whom you see and know, his name has made strong; and the faith that comes through him has given him this complete health in the presence of all of you.
To study Acts 3 in a group
1. What it says
What do Peter and John do for the lame man at the temple gate, and how does he react? (vv. 2-8)
2. What it means
When the people are amazed, Peter turns attention to Jesus and not to himself. Why does he do that? (vv. 12-16)
3. How I live it
When someone thanks or praises you, how can you simply acknowledge what helped you do it?