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Acts 12:15

And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

KJV

οἱ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν εἶπαν, μαίνῃ. ἡ δὲ διϊσχυρίζετο οὕτως ἔχειν. οἱ δὲ ἔλεγον, ὁ ἄγγελός ἐστιν αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

At illi dixerunt ad eam : Insanis. Illa autem affirmabat sic se habere. Illi autem dicebant : Angelus ejus est.

Vulgate

And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel.

ASV

But they said to her: Thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was so. Then said they: It is his angel.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διϊσχυρίζομαι
diischurizomai
verb · 2×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μαίνομαι
mainomai
verb · 5×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐστιν αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐστιν αὐτοῦ | RP: αὐτοῦ ἐστιν
  • ἐστιν αὐτοῦSBLGNT
  • ἐστιν αὐτοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτοῦ ἐστινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 26:24 — And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
  • Luke 24:11 — And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
  • Luke 24:37 — But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
  • Mark 16:11 — And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
  • Mark 16:14 — Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
  • Matt 14:26 — And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
  • Matt 18:10 — Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
  • Matt 18:10 — Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.