King James Version

Acts 12:16

But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.

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ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdeButδέconjunction — “But”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ButΠέτροςpetrosPeterΠέτροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the subject formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".Peterἐπέμενενepemenencontinuedἐπιμένω (epimenō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “continued”, an ongoing action in the pastG1961(a) I remain, tarry, (b) I remain in, persist in.continuedκρούωνkrouōnknockingκρούω (krouō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “knocking”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2925I knock, beat a door with a stick, to gain admittance.knockingἀνοίξαντεςanoixanteswhen they had openedἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “when they had opened”, a single actionG455I open.when they had openedδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.εἶδανeidanseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).the door, and sawαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἐξέστησανexestēsanthey were astonishedἐξίστημι (existēmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “they were astonished”, a single actionG1839(lit: I remove from a standing position), (a) in trans. tenses: I astonish, amaze, (b) in intrans. tenses: I am astonished, amazed; I am out of my mind, am mad.they were astonished

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

Young’s Literal Translation

and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,

World English Bible

But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him and were amazed.

Darby Translation

But Peter continued knocking: and having opened, they saw him and were astonished.

Douay-Rheims

But Peter continued knocking. And when they had opened, they saw him, and were astonished.

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