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Acts 15:7

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “controversy” (ζητήσεως) before having taken here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “you” (ὑμῖν) before chose here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “discussion” (συζητήσεως) before having taken here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “us” (ἡμῖν) before chose here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

πολλῆςpollēsmuchπολύς (polus)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “much”, the of-formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.muchδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ζητήσεωςzētēseōsdisputingζήτησις (zētēsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “disputing”, the of-formG2214a question, debate, controversy; a seeking, search.disputingγενομένηςgenomenēsto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle participle, genitive, singular, feminine — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἀναστὰςanastasrose upἀνίστημι (anistēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “rose up”, a single actionG450I raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear.rose upΠέτροςpetrosPeterΠέτροςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Peter”, the subject formG4074Peter, a Greek name meaning "rock".εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single 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”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).and saidπρὸςprosuntoπρόςpreposition — “unto”G4314to, towards, with.untoαὐτούςautousthemαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “them”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.This verse uses “them”.themἌνδρεςandresMenἀνήρ (anēr)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “Men”, the calling formG435a male human being; a man, husband.Menἀδελφοίadelphoiand brethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “and brethren”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.and brethrenὑμεῖςhumeisyeσύ (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”.knowὅτιhotihow thatὅτιconjunction — “how that”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.This verse uses “that”.how thatἀφ’aphagoἀπό (apo)preposition — “ago”G575from, away from.agoἡμερῶνhēmerōndayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “day”, the of-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.ἀρχαίωνarchaiōnancientἀρχαῖος (archaios)adjective, genitive, plural, feminine — “ancient”, the of-formG744original, primitive, ancient.This verse uses “ancient”.ἐνenamongἐνpreposition — “among”G1722in, on, among.amongὑμῖνhuminusσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “us”, the to- or for-formG4771you.usἐξελέξατοexelexatoto selectἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to select”, a single actionG1586I pick out for myself, choose, elect, select.ὁhotheὁarticle, 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”.διὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.στόματόςstomatosmouthστόμα (stoma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “mouth”, the of-formG4750the mouth, speech, eloquence in speech, the point of a sword.mouthμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἀκοῦσαιakousaito should hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to should hear”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.should hearτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνηethnēGentile nationἔθνος (ethnos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “Gentile nation”, the object formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγονlogonwordλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “word”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.the wordτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.εὐαγγελίουeuangeliouof the gospelεὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the gospel”, the of-formG2098the good news of the coming of the Messiah, the gospel; the gen. after it expresses sometimes the giver (God), sometimes the subject (the Messiah, etc.), sometimes the human transmitter (an apostle).This verse uses “the gospel”.of the gospelκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπιστεῦσαιpisteusaito believeπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to believe”, a single actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.This verse uses “believe”.believe

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

συζητήσεωςsuzētēseōsdisputingσυζήτησις (suzētēsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “disputing”, the of-formG4803mutual questioning, disputation.ἡμῖνhēminusἡμῖνpersonal pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural — “us”, the to- or for-formG2254

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, 'Men, brethren, ye know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when there had been much questioning, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News and believe.

Darby Translation

And much discussion having taken place, Peter, standing up, said to them, Brethren, ye know that from the earliest days God amongst you chose that the nations by my mouth should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.

Douay-Rheims

And when there had been much disputing, Peter, rising up, said to them: Men, brethren, you know, that in former days God made choice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

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