Acts 11:17

So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
Acts 11:17
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

εἰ οὖν τὴν ἴσην δωρεὰν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς ὡς καὶ ἡμῖν, πιστεύσασιν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, ἐγὼ τίς ἤμην δυνατὸς κωλῦσαι τὸν θεόν;

  1. εἰei“If”
    Conditional · “if” · Strong's G1487G
  2. οὖνoun“then”
    Conjunction · “therefore/then” · Strong's G3767
  3. τὴνtēn“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  4. ἴσηνisēn“same”
    Adjective, accusative, singular, feminine · from ἴσος · “equal” · Strong's G2470
  5. δωρεὰνdōrean“gift”
    Noun, accusative, singular, feminine · from δωρεά · “free gift” · Strong's G1431
  6. ἔδωκενedōken“has given”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from δίδωμι · “to give” · Strong's G1325
  7. αὐτοῖςautois“to them”
    Personal pronoun, dative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  8. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. θεὸςtheos“God”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  10. ὡςhōs“as”
    Particle · “which/how” · Strong's G5613
  11. καὶkai“also”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  12. ἡμῖν,hēmin“to us”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, dative, plural · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  13. πιστεύσασινpisteusasin“having believed”
    Verb, aorist, active, participle, dative, plural, masculine · from πιστεύω · “to trust (in)” · Strong's G4100
  14. ἐπὶepi“on”
    Preposition · from ἐπί · “upon/to/against” · Strong's G1909
  15. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  16. κύριονkurion“Lord”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from κύριος · “lord” · Strong's G2962G
  17. ἸησοῦνIēsoun“Jesus”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from Ἰησοῦς · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  18. Χριστόν,Christon“Christ,”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from Χριστός · “Christ” · Strong's G5547
  19. ἐγὼegō“I myself”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, nominative, singular · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G1473
  20. τίςtis“how”
    Interrogative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “which?” · Strong's G5101
  21. ἤμηνēmēn“was”
    Verb, imperfect, middle, indicative, 1st person singular · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  22. δυνατὸςdunatos“able”
    Adjective, nominative, singular, masculine · from δυνατός · “able” · Strong's G1415
  23. κωλῦσαιkōlusai“to forbid”
    Verb, aorist, active, infinitive · from κωλύω · “to prevent” · Strong's G2967
  24. τὸνton“<the>”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  25. θεόν;theon“God?”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)