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Acts 12:9

And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

KJV

καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἠκολούθει, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ἀληθές ἐστιν τὸ γινόμενον διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου, ἐδόκει δὲ ὅραμα βλέπειν.

Greek NT

Et exiens sequebatur eum, et nesciebat quia verum est, quod fiebat per angelum : existimabat autem se visum videre.

Vulgate

And he went out, and followed; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel, but thought he saw a vision.

ASV

And going out, he followed him. And he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel: but thought he saw a vision.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
δοκέω
dokeo
verb · 62×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἀληθής
alethes
adjective · 26×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
o
article · 19778×
ὅραμα
orama
noun · 11×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

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

notable
SBLGNT: ἠκολούθει | WH/Treg/NIV: ἠκολούθει | RP: + αὐτῷ
  • ἠκολούθειSBLGNT
  • ἠκολούθειWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + αὐτῷRobinson-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

  • Heb 11:8 — By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
  • Ps 126:1 — When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
  • Ps 126:1 — When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.