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Acts 2:40

And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “he earnestly testified” (διεμαρτύρατο) before and here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “them” (αὐτοὺς) before saying here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “he was earnestly testifying” (διεμαρτύρετο) before and here.

ἑτέροιςheteroisotherἕτερος (heteros)adjective, dative, plural, masculine — “other”, the to- or for-formG2087(a) of two: another, a second, (b) other, different, (c) one's neighbor.otherτεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.λόγοιςlogoiswordsλόγος (logos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “words”, the to- or for-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.wordsπλείοσινpleiosinmuchπολύς (polýs)adjective, comparative, dative, plural, masculine — “much”, the to- or for-formG4183much, many; often.This verse uses “much”.Strong’s files this form under G4119 (πλείων).διεμαρτύρατοdiemarturatodid he testifyδιαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “did he testify”, a single actionG1263I give solemn evidence, testify (declare) solemnly.did he testifyκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπαρεκάλειparekaleiexhortπαρακαλέω (parakaleō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “exhort”, an ongoing action in the pastG3870(a) I send for, summon, invite, (b) I beseech, entreat, beg, (c) I exhort, admonish, (d) I comfort, encourage, console.exhortαὐτοὺςautousheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.λέγωνlegōnsayingλέγω (legō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, 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.sayingΣώθητεsōthēteSave yourselvesσῴζω (sōzō)verb, aorist passive imperative, 2nd person plural — “Save yourselves”, a single actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.This verse uses “save”.Save yourselvesἀπὸapofromἀπόpreposition — “from”G575from, away from.This verse uses “from”.fromτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γενεᾶςgeneasgenerationγενεά (genea)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “generation”, the of-formG1074a generation; if repeated twice or with another time word, practically indicates infinity of time.generationτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.σκολιᾶςskoliascrookedσκολιός (skolios)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “crooked”, the of-formG4646crooked, perverse, unfair, curved, tortuous.This verse uses “crooked”.ταύτηςtautēsthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.

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διεμαρτύρετοdiemarturetodid he testifyδιαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai)verb, aorist deponent indicative, 3rd person singular — “did he testify”, a single actionG1263I give solemn evidence, testify (declare) solemnly.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.

Young’s Literal Translation

Also with many more other words he was testifying and exhorting, saying, 'Be saved from this perverse generation;'

World English Bible

With many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!”

Darby Translation

And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

Douay-Rheims

And with very many other words did he testify and exhort them, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

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