King James Version

Acts 17:7

Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

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οὓςhousWhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “Whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.Whomὑποδέδεκταιhupodedektaihath receivedὑποδέχομαι (hupodechomai)verb, perfect middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath received”, a completed action with a present resultG5264I receive as a guest, entertain hospitably, welcome.hath receivedἸάσωνiasōnJasonἸάσωνnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jason”, the subject formG2394Jason, a Christian of Thessalonica, perhaps the same as the "relative" of Paul.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andοὗτοιhoutoitheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine — “these”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.theseπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allἀπέναντιapenanticontraryἀπέναντιpreposition — “contrary”G561against, over against, opposite, in view of, in the presence of.contraryτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.δογμάτωνdogmatōnto the decreesδόγμα (dogma)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “to the decrees”, the of-formG1378a decree, edict, ordinance.to the decreesΚαίσαροςkaisarosof CaesarΚαῖσαρ (kaisar)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Caesar”, the of-formG2541Caesar, a surname of the gens Iulia, which became practically synonymous with the Emperor for the time being; in the Gospels it always refers to Tiberias.of Caesarπράσσουσιprassousito doπράσσω (prassō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to do”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4238I do, perform, accomplish; be in any condition, i.e. I fare; I exact, require.βασιλέαbasileakingβασιλεύς (basileus)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “king”, the object formG935a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.kingἕτερονheteronotherἕτερος (heteros)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “other”, the object formG2087(a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor.λέγοντεςlegontesto speakλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “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”.εἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).Ἰησοῦνiēsounone JesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “one Jesus”, the object formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.one Jesus

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king — Jesus.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

Young’s Literal Translation

whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king — Jesus.'

World English Bible

whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”

Darby Translation

whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

Douay-Rheims

Whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

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