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To youὑμῖνfirst,πρῶτονGod,ὁ θεὸςhaving raised upἀναστήσαςhisαὐτοῦservant,τὸν παῖδαsentἀπέστειλενhimαὐτὸνto blessεὐλογοῦνταyouὑμᾶςasἐν τῷeach of youἕκαστονturns awayἀποστρέφεινfromἀπὸyourτῶν ὑμῶνwicked deeds.”πονηριῶν
Acts 3:26
Study it in the app“To you first, God, having raised up his servant, sent him to bless you as each of you turns away from your wicked deeds.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 3:26, word by word
- firstπρῶτονprōton
first
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōton” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- having raised upἀναστήσαςanastēsas
raise up
To bring someone forward: God sends a prophet.
Where else “anastēsas” appears- servantπαῖδαpaida
God's Servant
God's Servant, above all Jesus.
Where else “paida” appears- sentἀπέστειλενapesteilen
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apesteilen” appears- to blessεὐλογοῦνταeulogounta
bless abundantly
God filling someone with good things.
Where else “eulogounta” appears- each of youἕκαστονhekaston
each
Each, each one.
Where else “hekaston” appears- turns awayἀποστρέφεινapostrephein
turn aside
To divert someone from something; put something in its place.
Where else “apostrephein” appears- wicked deedsπονηριῶνponēriōn
wickedness
Wickedness, malice.
Where else “ponēriōn” appears
The context
25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
26 · This verse (above)
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?