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Andκαὶnowτὰ νῦνI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνkeep awayἀπόστητεfromἀπὸtheseτῶν τούτωνmenἀνθρώπωνandκαὶleaveἄφετεthemαὐτούςalone,ἄφετεbecauseὅτιifἐὰνthisαὕτηplanἡ βουλὴorἢthisτοῦτοworkτὸ ἔργονisᾖof human origin,ἐξ ἀνθρώπωνit will be overthrown;καταλυθήσεται
Acts 5:38
Study it in the app“And now I tell you, keep away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this work is of human origin, it will be overthrown;”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 5:38, word by word
- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- keep awayἀπόστητεapostēte
depart
To move away from a place or person.
Where else “apostēte” appears- menἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appears- leaveἄφετεaphete
leave
To part from something or someone and go on without it.
Where else “aphete” appears- planβουλὴboulē
plan
What God or a person decides to do.
Where else “boulē” appears- workἔργονergon
task
The job given to someone.
Where else “ergon” appears- isᾖēi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēi” appears- it will be overthrownκαταλυθήσεταιkatalythēsetai
overthrow
To undo what another has done.
Where else “katalythēsetai” appears
The context
37After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away people after him; he too perished, and all who obeyed him were scattered.
38 · This verse (above)
39but if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you even be found fighting against God.” And they heeded him.
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?