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Acts 11:18

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “glorified” (ἐδόξασαν) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “they were glorifying” (ἐδόξαζον) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “indeed” (γε) before also here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἀκούσαντεςakousantesthey heardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “they heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.they heardδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ταῦταtautathese thingsοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, neuter — “these things”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.these thingsἡσύχασανhēsuchasanthey held their peaceἡσυχάζω (hēsuchazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they held their peace”, a single actionG2270I rest from work, cease from altercation, am silent, live quietly.they held their peaceκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐδόξασανedoxasanglorifiedδοξάζω (doxazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “glorified”, a single actionG1392I glorify, honor, bestow glory on.glorifiedτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “saying”, 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.sayingἌραaraThenἄραconjunction — “Then”G686then, therefore, since.This verse uses “then”.Thenκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνεσινethnesinto the Gentilesἔθνος (ethnos)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “to the Gentiles”, the to- or for-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.This verse uses “the Gentiles”.to the Gentilesὁhotheὁarticle, 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”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μετάνοιανmetanoianrepentanceμετάνοια (metanoia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “repentance”, the object formG3341repentance, a change of mind, change in the inner man.This verse uses “repentance”.repentanceεἰςeisuntoεἰςpreposition — “unto”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.untoζωὴνzōēnlifeζωή (zōē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG2222life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence.lifeἔδωκενedōkento giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐδόξαζονedoxazonglorifiedδοξάζω (doxazō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “glorified”, a single actionG1392I glorify, honor, bestow glory on.γεgeindeedγέparticle — “indeed”G1065an enclitic, emphasizing particle: at least, indeed, really, but generally too subtle to be represented in English.This verse uses “indeed”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, 'Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, 'Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.'

World English Bible

When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”

Darby Translation

And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.

Douay-Rheims

Having heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance unto life.

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