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Acts 10:28

And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

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ἔφηephēhe saidφημί (phēmi)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “he said”, an ongoing action in the pastG5346I say, declare.he saidτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themὙμεῖςhumeisYeσύ (su)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “Ye”, the subject formG4771you.Yeἐπίστασθεepistastheknowἐπίσταμαι (epistamai)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “know”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1987I know, know of, understand.This verse uses “know”.knowὡςhōshowὡςadverb — “how”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.This verse uses “how”.howἀθέμιτόνathemitonan unlawful thingἀθέμιτος (athemitos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “an unlawful thing”, the subject formG111illegal, unlawful, criminal, lawless.This verse uses “unlawful”.an unlawful thingἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἀνδρὶandrifor a manἀνήρ (anēr)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “for a man”, the to- or for-formG435a male human being; a man, husband.This verse uses “a man”.for a manἸουδαίῳioudaiōthat is a JewἸουδαῖος (ioudaios)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “that is a Jew”, the to- or for-formG2453Jewish.that is a Jewκολλᾶσθαιkollasthaito keep companyκολλάομαι (kollaomai)verb, present passive infinitive — “to keep company”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2853(lit: I glue); hence: mid. and pass: I join myself closely, cleave, adhere (to), I keep company (with), of friendly intercourse.to keep companyἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orπροσέρχεσθαιproserchesthaito come untoπροσέρχομαι (proserchomai)verb, present middle infinitive — “to come unto”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4334I come up to, come to, come near (to), approach, consent (to).come untoἀλλοφύλῳallophulōone of another nationἀλλόφυλος (allophulos)adjective, dative, singular, masculine — “one of another nation”, the to- or for-formG246foreign, of another tribe or race.one of another nationκἀμοὶkamoiand Iκἀγώ (kagṓ)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “and I”, the to- or for-formG2504Strong’s files this form under G2532 (καί).butὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godἔδειξενedeixenhath shewedδείκνυμι (deiknumi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath shewed”, a single actionG1166I point out, show, exhibit; met: I teach, demonstrate, make known.hath shewedμηδέναmēdenathat I should notμηδείς (mēdeis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “that I should not”, the object formG3367no one, none, nothing.that I should notκοινὸνkoinoncommonκοινός (koinos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “common”, the object formG2839(a) common, shared, (b) Hebraistic use: profane; dirty, unclean, unwashed.This verse uses “common”.commonἢēorἤconjunction — “or”G2228or, than.orἀκάθαρτονakathartonuncleanἀκάθαρτος (akathartos)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “unclean”, the object formG169unclean, impure.This verse uses “unclean”.uncleanλέγεινlegeinto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active infinitive — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.ἄνθρωπονanthrōpona humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “a human”, the object formG444a man, one of the human race.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And he said unto them, 'Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and he said unto them, Ye yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to join himself or come unto one of another nation; and yet unto me hath God showed that I should not call any man common or unclean:

Young’s Literal Translation

And he said unto them, 'Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;

World English Bible

He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.

Darby Translation

And he said to them, Ye know how it is unlawful for a Jew to be joined or come to one of a strange race, and to me God has shewn to call no man common or unclean.

Douay-Rheims

And he said to them: You know how abominable it is for a man that is a Jew, to keep company or to come unto one of another nation: but God hath shewed to me, to call no man common or unclean.

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