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forγὰρweἡμεῖςcannotοὐ δυνάμεθαstopμὴspeaking aboutλαλεῖνwhatἃwe have seenεἴδαμενandκαὶheard.”ἠκούσαμεν
Acts 4:20
Study it in the app“for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 4:20, word by word
- cannotδυνάμεθαdynametha
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynametha” appears- speaking aboutλαλεῖνlalein
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalein” appears- we have seenεἴδαμενeidamen
see
To perceive with sight, to look and notice what is in front.
Where else “eidamen” appears- heardἠκούσαμενēkousamen
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousamen” appears
The context
19But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you judge;
20 · This verse (above)
21And they, after threatening them further, released them, finding nothing as to how they might punish them, because of the people, for all were glorifying God for what had happened.
To study Acts 4 in a group
1. What it says
Peter and John are questioned by the council. What do they say, and what do the rulers notice about them? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Why do Peter and John answer that they cannot stop speaking about what they saw and heard? (vv. 19-20)
3. How I live it
The believers were of one heart, and no one lacked anything (vv. 32-35). Whom around you could you help today in a concrete way?