“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.Acts 18:13
Original language and places
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Original language (Greek)
λέγοντες ὅτι παρὰ τὸν νόμον ἀναπείθει οὗτος τοὺς ἀνθρώπους σέβεσθαι τὸν θεόν.
- λέγοντεςlegontes“saying”Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from λέγω · “to speak” · Strong's G3004G
- ὅτιhoti“that”Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754G
- παρὰpara“Contrary to”Preposition · from παρά · “from with” · Strong's G3844
- τὸνton“the”Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- νόμονnomon“law”Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from νόμος · “law” · Strong's G3551
- ἀναπείθειanapeithei“persuades”Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἀναπείθω · “to persuade” · Strong's G0374
- οὗτοςhoutos“this [man]”Demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine · “this/he/she/it” · Strong's G3778
- τοὺςtous“<the>”Article, accusative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- ἀνθρώπουςanthrōpous“men”Noun, accusative, plural, masculine · from ἄνθρωπος · “a human” · Strong's G0444
- σέβεσθαιsebesthai“to worship”Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), infinitive · from σέβομαι · “be devout” · Strong's G4576
- τὸνton“<the>”Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
- 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)