Acts 13:27
The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
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ASV
For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
KJV
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| οἱ | hoi | Those | G3588 → |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → |
| κατοικοῦντες | katoikountes | dwelling | G2730 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| Ἰερουσαλὴμ | Ierousalēm | Jerusalem | G2419 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → |
| ἄρχοντες | archontes | rulers | G758 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | of them | G846 → |
| τοῦτον | touton | Him | G3778 → |
| ἀγνοήσαντες | agnoēsantes | not having known | G50 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → |
| φωνὰς | phōnas | voices | G5456 → |
| τῶν | tōn | of the | G3588 → |
| προφητῶν | prophētōn | prophets | G4396 → |
| τὰς | tas | that | G3588 → |
| κατὰ | kata | on | G2596 → |
| πᾶν | pan | every | G3956 → |
| σάββατον | sabbaton | Sabbath | G4521 → |
| ἀναγινωσκομένας, | anaginōskomenas | are being read, | G314 → |
| κρίναντες | krinantes | having condemned [Him] | G2919 → |
| ἐπλήρωσαν· | eplērōsan | they fulfilled [them]; | G4137 → |
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