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AndΚαὶnow,νῦνbrothers,ἀδελφοίI knowοἶδαthatὅτιyou actedἐπράξατεinκατὰignorance,ἄγνοιανjust asὥσπερyourοἱ ὑμῶνrulersἄρχοντεςalso did.καὶ
Acts 3:17
Study it in the app“And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers also did.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 3:17, word by word
- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
fellow countryman
A neighbor, someone of the same people.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- I knowοἶδαoida
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oida” appears- you actedἐπράξατεepraxate
do
To carry out something, often evil.
Where else “epraxate” appears- ignoranceἄγνοιανagnoian
ignorance
Ignorance, not knowing.
Where else “agnoian” appears- just asὥσπερhōsper
just as
Just as, in the same way as.
Where else “hōsper” appears- rulersἄρχοντεςarchontes
ruler
Someone in command: a ruler, a judge or the one presiding over a synagogue.
Where else “archontes” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18But God fulfilled in this way what he announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.
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?