ACTS 15:27

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.”

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Acts 15:27 Translation & Meaning

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We have sent ἀπεστάλκαμεν Set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively sent
therefore οὖν (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly therefore
Judas Ἰούδαν Judas (i.e., Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region Judas
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
Silas, Σιλᾶν Silas, a Christian Silas
who αὐτοὺς The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons who
shall ἀπαγγέλλοντας To announce shall
also καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words also
tell ἀπαγγέλλοντας To announce tell
you (No Greek definition. English implied.)
the τὰ The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
same things αὐτά The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons same things
by διὰ Through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional) by
mouth. λόγου Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) mouth

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  • 25  It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

  • 26  Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 27  We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

  • 28  For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

  • 29  That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.




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