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Andκαὶweἡμεῖςareἐσμενwitnessesμάρτυρεςof theseτῶν τούτωνthings,ῥημάτωνand so isκαὶthe Holy Spiritτὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιονwhomὃGodὁ θεὸςhas givenἔδωκενto those who obeyτοῖς πειθαρχοῦσινhim.”αὐτῷ
Acts 5:32
Study it in the app“And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 5:32, word by word
- areἐσμενesmen
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appears- witnessesμάρτυρεςmartyres
witness
Someone who tells what they saw or heard.
Where else “martyres” appears- thingsῥημάτωνrhēmatōn
thing
A matter, something that happened.
Where else “rhēmatōn” appears- the Holy Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- the Holy Spiritἅγιονhagion
Holy Spirit
God's Spirit, who is his own and sets people apart for him.
Where else “hagion” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- has givenἔδωκενedōken
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōken” appears- to those who obeyπειθαρχοῦσινpeitharchousin
obey
Obey a ruler or authority.
Where else “peitharchousin” appears
Translation note
“Whom”: in Greek the relative pronoun is neuter, like “Spirit”; this translation refers to the Spirit as “he” (see John 14:17).
The context
31Him God exalted to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give Israel a change of mind and forgiveness of sins.
32 · This verse (above)
33And when they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
To study Acts 5 in a group
1. What it says
What did Ananias and Sapphira do with the money from their land, and what happened? (vv. 1-10)
2. What it means
Gamaliel advises leaving the apostles alone. What reason does he give, and what do you think of his way of reasoning? (vv. 34-39)
3. How I live it
When are you tempted to look more generous or more sincere than you are? What helps you be honest?