Acts 28:4
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
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ASV
And when the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.
KJV
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
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31 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ὡς | Hōs | When | G5613 → |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → |
| εἶδον | eidon | saw | G1492 → |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → |
| βάρβαροι | barbaroi | natives | G915 → |
| κρεμάμενον | kremamenon | hanging | G2910 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| θηρίον | thērion | beast | G2342 → |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| χειρὸς | cheiros | hand | G5495 → |
| αὐτοῦ, | autou | of him, | G846 → |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → |
| ἀλλήλους | allēlous | one another | G240 → |
| ἔλεγον· | elegon | they were saying: | G3004 → |
| πάντως | pantōs | By all means | G3843 → |
| φονεύς | phoneus | a murderer | G5406 → |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos | man | G444 → |
| οὗτος, | houtos | this, | G3778 → |
| ὃν | hon | whom | G3739 → |
| διασωθέντα | diasōthenta | having been saved | G1295 → |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 → |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 → |
| θαλάσσης | thalassēs | sea | G2281 → |
| ἡ | hē | <the> | G3588 → |
| δίκη | dikē | Justice | G1349 → |
| ζῆν | zēn | to live | G2198 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| εἴασεν.¶ | eiasen | has permitted. | G1439 → |
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