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Acts 15:5

But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
Acts 15:5
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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)

Ἐξανέστησαν δέ τινες τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῶν Φαρισαίων πεπιστευκότες, λέγοντες ὅτι δεῖ περιτέμνειν αὐτοὺς παραγγέλλειν τε τηρεῖν τὸν νόμον Μωϋσέως.

  1. ἘξανέστησανExanestēsan“Rose up”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural · from ἐξανίστημι · “to raise up” · Strong's G1817
  2. δέde“now”
    Conjunction · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  3. τινεςtines“certain”
    Indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine · from τις · “one” · Strong's G5100
  4. τῶνtōn“of those”
    Article, genitive, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. ἀπὸapo“of”
    Preposition · from ἀπό · “away from” · Strong's G0575
  6. τῆςtēs“the”
    Article, genitive, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  7. αἱρέσεωςhaireseōs“sect”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from αἵρεσις · “sect” · Strong's G0139
  8. τῶνtōn“of the”
    Article, genitive, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  9. ΦαρισαίωνPharisaiōn“Pharisees”
    Noun, genitive, plural, masculine · from Φαρισαῖος · “Pharisee” · Strong's G5330
  10. πεπιστευκότες,pepisteukotes“having believed”
    Verb, perfect, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from πιστεύω · “to trust (in)” · Strong's G4100
  11. λέγοντεςlegontes“saying”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
  12. ὅτιhoti“that”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
  13. δεῖdei“It is necessary”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · “be necessary” · Strong's G1163
  14. περιτέμνεινperitemnein“to circumcise”
    Verb, present, active, infinitive · from περιτέμνω · “to circumcise” · Strong's G4059
  15. αὐτοὺςautous“them”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  16. παραγγέλλεινparangellein“to command [them]”
    Verb, present, active, infinitive · from παραγγέλλω · “to order” · Strong's G3853
  17. τεte“then”
    Conjunction · “and/both” · Strong's G5037
  18. τηρεῖνtērein“to keep”
    Verb, present, active, infinitive · from τηρέω · “to keep” · Strong's G5083G
  19. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  20. νόμονnomon“law”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from νόμος · “law” · Strong's G3551
  21. Μωϋσέως.Mōuseōs“of Moses.”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from Μωϋσῆς, Μωσῆς · “Moses” · Strong's G3475
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)