Skip to main content

Acts 12:8

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

KJV

εἶπεν τε ὁ ἄγγελος πρὸς αὐτόν, ζῶσαι καὶ ὑπόδησαι τὰ σανδάλιά σου. ἐποίησεν δὲ οὕτως. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, περιβαλοῦ τὸ ἱμάτιόν σου καὶ ἀκολούθει μοι.

Greek NT

Dixit autem angelus ad eum : Præcingere, et calcea te caligas tuas. Et fecit sic. Et dixit illi : Circumda tibi vestimentum tuum, et sequere me.

Vulgate

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And he did so. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

ASV

And the angel said to him: Gird thyself and put on thy sandals. And he did so. And he said to him: Cast thy garment about thee and follow me,

Douay-Rheims

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
ζώννυμι
zonnumi
verb · 3×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
περιβάλλω
periballo
verb · 23×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σανδάλιον
sandalion
noun · 2×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
o
article · 19778×
ὑποδέω
upodeo
verb · 3×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: δὲ | WH/Treg/NIV: δὲ | RP: τε
  • δὲSBLGNT
  • δὲWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τεRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: Ζῶσαι | WH/Treg/NIV: Ζῶσαι | RP: Περίζωσαι
  • ΖῶσαιSBLGNT
  • ΖῶσαιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ΠερίζωσαιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

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

§334In the meantime, the whole life of the Church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of angels.201

Cross-references

  • Acts 8:26 — And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
  • Acts 27:23 — For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
  • Mark 6:9 — But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.