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Acts 8:1

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “then” (δὲ) before were scattered here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “then” (τε) before were scattered here.

ΣαῦλοςsaulosSaulΣαῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Saul”, the subject formG4569Saul, the apostle.This verse uses “Saul”.SaulδὲdeAndδέconjunction — “And”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.Andἦνēnto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing action in the pastG1510I am, exist.συνευδοκῶνsuneudokōnto agree toσυνευδοκέω (suneudokeō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to agree to”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4909I consent, agree, am of one mind with, am willing.This verse uses “agree”.τῇtēwhichὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “which”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.whichἀναιρέσειanaireseimurderἀναίρεσις (anairesis)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “murder”, the to- or for-formG336taking away (of life), killing, slaying, murder.This verse uses “murder”.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.Ἐγένετοegenetoto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, a single actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐνenwas atἐνpreposition — “was at”G1722in, on, among.was atἐκείνῃekeinēthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέρᾳhēmeradayἡμέραnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “day”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.διωγμὸςdiōgmospersecutionδιωγμόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “persecution”, the subject formG1375chase, pursuit; persecution.μέγαςmegasgreatμέγαςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “great”, the subject formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίανekklēsianassemblyἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “assembly”, the object formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ἹεροσολύμοιςhierosolumoisJerusalemἹεροσόλυμα (hierosoluma)noun, dative, plural, neuter — “Jerusalem”, the to- or for-formG2414the Greek form of the Hebrew name: Jerusalem.Jerusalemπάντεςpantesallπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “all”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.διεσπάρησανdiesparēsanscattered abroadδιασπείρω (diaspeirō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “scattered abroad”, a single actionG1289I scatter (like seed), disperse.scattered abroadκατὰkatathroughoutκατάpreposition — “throughout”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.This verse uses “throughout”.throughoutτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χώραςchōrasregionsχώρα (chōra)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “regions”, the object formG5561(a) a country or region, (b) the land, as opposed to the sea, (c) the country, distinct from town, (d) plur: fields.the regionsτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasof JudaeaἸουδαία (ioudaia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of Judaea”, the of-formG2449Judea, a Roman province, capital Jerusalem.of Judaeaκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andΣαμαρείαςsamareiasSamariaΣαμάρεια (samareia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “Samaria”, the of-formG4540Samaria, a small district of Palestine, bounded by Galilee on the north, and by Judaea on the south, and taking its name from the city of Samaria, the ancient capital of the kingdom of (northern) Israel.Samariaπλὴνplēnexceptπλήνpreposition — “except”G4133however, nevertheless, but, except that, yet.exceptτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποστόλωνapostolōnapostlesἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “apostles”, the of-formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.the apostles

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τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles.

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World English Bible

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

Darby Translation

And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.

Douay-Rheims

And at that time there was raised a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed through the countries of Judea, and Samaria, except the apostles.

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