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Acts 2:28

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

KJV

ἐγνώρισάς μοι ὁδοὺς ζωῆς, πληρώσεις με εὐφροσύνης μετὰ τοῦ προσώπου σου.

Greek NT

Notas mihi fecisti vias vitæ : et replebis me jucunditate cum facie tua.

Vulgate

Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance.

ASV

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life: thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γνωρίζω
gnorizo
verb · 25×
εὐφροσύνη
euphrosune
noun · 2×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
πληρόω
pleroo
verb · 86×
πρόσωπον
prosopon
noun · 77×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Job 33:26 — He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
  • John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • John 18:4 — Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
  • Num 6:26 — The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
  • Prov 2:19 — None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
  • Prov 8:20 — I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
  • Prov 16:15 — In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
  • Ps 4:6 — There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
  • Ps 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
  • Ps 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
  • Ps 17:15 — As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
  • Ps 21:4 — He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
  • Ps 21:6 — For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
  • Ps 21:6 — For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
  • Ps 25:4 — Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
  • Ps 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
  • Ps 45:7 — Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Ps 67:7 — God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
  • Ps 89:15 — Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.