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Acts 28:4

And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

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ὡςhōswhenὡςconjunction — “when”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.whenδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.εἶδονeidonseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).sawοἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.βάρβαροιbarbaroibarbarianβάρβαρος (barbaros)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “barbarian”, the subject formG915a foreigner, one who speaks neither Greek nor Latin; as adj: foreign.κρεμάμενονkremamenonhangκρεμάννυμι (kremannumi)verb, present middle participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “hang”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2910I hang, hang up, suspend; mid: I am hanging, hang.hangτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θηρίονthērionwild animalθηρίονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “wild animal”, the object formG2342properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute.This verse uses “animal”.ἐκekonἐκpreposition — “on”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.onτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.χειρὸςcheiroshandχείρ (cheir)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “hand”, the of-formG5495a hand.handαὐτοῦautouthisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “this”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.thisπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.ἀλλήλουςallēlousone anotherἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “one another”, the object formG240one another, each other.ἔλεγονelegonto speakλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to speak”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(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”.Πάντωςpantōssurelyπάντωςadverb — “surely”G3843wholly, entirely, in every way, by all means, certainly.φονεύςphoneusa murdererφονεύςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a murderer”, the subject formG5406a murderer.a murdererἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνθρωποςanthrōposa humanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.οὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ὃνhonwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomδιασωθένταdiasōthentathough he hath escapedδιασῴζω (diasōzō)verb, aorist passive participle, accusative, singular, masculine — “though he hath escaped”, a single actionG1295I save (rescue) through (some danger), bring safely to, escaped to.though he hath escapedἐκekout fromἐκpreposition — “out from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θαλάσσηςthalassēsseaθάλασσα (thalassa)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “sea”, the of-formG2281(a) the sea, in contrast to the land, (b) a particular sea or lake, e.g. the sea of Galilee (Tiberias), the Red Sea.the seaἡhētheὁ (ho)article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δίκηdikēyet vengeanceδίκηnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “yet vengeance”, the subject formG1349(a) (originally: custom, usage) right, justice, (b) process of law, judicial hearing, (c) execution of sentence, punishment, penalty, (d) justice, vengeance.yet vengeanceζῆνzēnto liveζάω (zaō)verb, present active infinitive — “to live”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.to liveοὐκouknoοὐ (ou)adverb — “no”G3756no, not.εἴασενeiasento allowἐάω (eaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to allow”, a single actionG1439I allow, permit, let alone, leave.This verse uses “allow”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, 'Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.

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World English Bible

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”

Darby Translation

And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said to one another, This man is certainly a murderer, whom, [though] saved out of the sea, Nemesis has not allowed to live.

Douay-Rheims

And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live.

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