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Acts 13:15

And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

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μετὰmetaafterμετάpreposition — “after”G3326(a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.This verse uses “after”.afterδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀνάγνωσινanagnōsinreadingἀνάγνωσις (anagnōsis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “reading”, the object formG320recognition, reading; public reading (of the law and prophets in synagogue or church).the readingτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.νόμουnomouof the lawνόμος (nomos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of the law”, the of-formG3551usage, custom, law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law, the Pentateuch, the Old Testament scriptures in general.of the lawκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.προφητῶνprophētōnprophetsπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “prophets”, the of-formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.the prophetsἀπέστειλανapesteilansentἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “sent”, a single actionG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.sentοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἀρχισυνάγωγοιarchisunagōgoisynagogue leaderἀρχισυνάγωγος (archisunagōgos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “synagogue leader”, the subject formG752a leader of the synagogue, a leader connected with the synagogue: sometimes there was only one, and the name was in some cases merely honorary.πρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτοὺςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themλέγοντεςlegontessayingλέγω (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.sayingἌνδρεςandresYe menἀνήρ (anēr)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “Ye men”, the calling formG435a male human being; a man, husband.Ye menἀδελφοίadelphoiand brethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “and brethren”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.and brethrenεἴeiifεἰconjunction — “if”G1487if.ifτίςtisoneτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “one”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.ἐστινestinye haveεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “ye have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ye haveἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.λόγοςlogosany wordλόγοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “any word”, the subject formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.any wordπαρακλήσεωςparaklēseōsof exhortationπαράκλησις (paraklēsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of exhortation”, the of-formG3874a calling for, summons, hence: (a) exhortation, (b) entreaty, (c) encouragement, joy, gladness, (d) consolation, comfort.This verse uses “exhortation”.of exhortationπρὸςprosforπρόςpreposition — “for”G4314to, towards, with.forτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λαόνlaonpeopleλαός (laos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “people”, the object formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.the peopleλέγετεlegetesay onλέγω (legō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “say on”, 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 “say”.say on

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, 'Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people — say on.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

Young’s Literal Translation

and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, 'Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people — say on.'

World English Bible

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.”

Darby Translation

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.

Douay-Rheims

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Ye men, brethren, if you have any word of exhortation to make to the people, speak.

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