God & Savior

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
Acts 23:3
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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)

τότε ὁ Παῦλος πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπεν· τύπτειν σε μέλλει ὁ θεός, τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε· καὶ σὺ κάθῃ κρίνων με κατὰ τὸν νόμον, καὶ παρανομῶν κελεύεις με τύπτεσθαι;

  1. τότεtote“Then”
    Adverb · “then” · Strong's G5119
  2. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  3. ΠαῦλοςPaulos“Paul”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “Paul” · Strong's G3972G
  4. πρὸςpros“to”
    Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
  5. αὐτὸνauton“him”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  6. εἶπεν·eipen“said;”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον · “to say” · Strong's G2036
  7. τύπτεινtuptein“To strike”
    Verb, present, active, infinitive · from τύπτω · “to strike” · Strong's G5180
  8. σεse“you”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, accusative, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  9. μέλλειmellei“is about”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from μέλλω · “to ensue” · Strong's G3195
  10. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  11. θεός,theos“God,”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  12. τοῖχεtoiche“wall”
    Noun, vocative, singular, masculine · from τοῖχος · “wall” · Strong's G5109
  13. κεκονιαμένε·kekoniamene“whitewashed!”
    Verb, perfect, passive, participle, vocative, singular, masculine · from κονιάω · “to whitewash” · Strong's G2867
  14. καὶkai“And”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  15. σὺsu“you yourself”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, nominative, singular · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  16. κάθῃkathē“do you sit”
    Verb, present, middle or passive (deponent), indicative, 2nd person singular · from κάθημαι · “to sit” · Strong's G2521
  17. κρίνωνkrinōn“judging”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from κρίνω · “to judge” · Strong's G2919
  18. μεme“me”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, accusative, singular · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  19. κατὰkata“according to”
    Preposition · from κατά · “according to” · Strong's G2596
  20. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  21. νόμον,nomon“law,”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from νόμος · “law” · Strong's G3551
  22. καὶkai“and”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  23. παρανομῶνparanomōn“violating law”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from παρανομέω · “to break the law” · Strong's G3891
  24. κελεύειςkeleueis“you command”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 2nd person singular · from κελεύω · “to order” · Strong's G2753
  25. μεme“me”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, accusative, singular · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  26. τύπτεσθαι;tuptesthai“to be struck?”
    Verb, present, passive, infinitive · from τύπτω · “to strike” · Strong's G5180
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)