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Acts 26:23

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

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εἰeiThatεἰadverb — “That”G1487if.Thatπαθητὸςpathētosshould sufferπαθητόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “should suffer”, the subject formG3805destined to suffer.should sufferὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.χριστόςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.εἰeiand thatεἰadverb — “and that”G1487if.and thatπρῶτοςprōtoshe should be the firstπρῶτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “he should be the first”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.he should be the firstἐξexfromἐκ (ek)preposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromἀναστάσεωςanastaseōsresurrectionἀνάστασις (anastasis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “resurrection”, the of-formG386a rising again, resurrection.This verse uses “resurrection”.νεκρῶνnekrōndeadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “dead”, the of-formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.the deadφῶςphōslightφῶςnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “light”, the object formG5457light, a source of light, radiance.This verse uses “light”.lightμέλλειmelleito ensueμέλλω (mellō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to ensue”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3195I intend, am about to; I delay, linger.καταγγέλλεινkatangelleinto proclaimκαταγγέλλω (katangellō)verb, present active infinitive — “to proclaim”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2605I declare openly, proclaim, preach, laud, celebrate.τῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.λαῷlaōunto the peopleλαός (laos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto the people”, the to- or for-formG2992(a) a people, characteristically of God's chosen people, first the Jews, then the Christians, (b) sometimes, but rarely, the people, the crowd.unto the peopleκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἔθνεσινethnesinto the Gentilesἔθνος (ethnos)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “to the Gentiles”, the to- or for-formG1484a race, people, nation; the nations, heathen world, Gentiles.This verse uses “the Gentiles”.to the Gentiles

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.

Young’s Literal Translation

that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

World English Bible

how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.”

Darby Translation

[namely,] whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of [the] dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.

Douay-Rheims

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

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