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Acts 28:6

Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

KJV

οἱ δὲ προσεδόκων αὐτὸν μέλλειν ἐμπιπρᾶσθαι ἢ καταπίπτειν ἄφνω νεκρόν. ἐπὶ πολὺ δὲ αὐτῶν προσδοκώντων καὶ θεωρούντων μηδὲν ἄτοπον εἰς αὐτὸν γινόμενον, μεταβαλλόμενοι ἔλεγον αὐτὸν εἶναι θεόν.

Greek NT

At illi existimabant eum in tumorem convertendum, et subito casurum et mori. Diu autem illis exspectantibus, et videntibus nihil mali in eo fieri, convertentes se, dicebant eum esse deum.

Vulgate

But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

ASV

But they supposed that he would begin to swell up and that he would suddenly fall down and die. But expecting long and seeing that there came no harm to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεωρέω
theoreo
verb · 57×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταπίπτω
katapipto
verb · 3×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
μεταβάλλω
metaballo
verb · 1×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
προσδοκάω
prosdokao
verb · 16×
ἄτοπος
atopos
adjective · 4×
ἄφνω
aphno
adverb · 3×
ἐμπρήθω
empretho
verb · 2×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: μεταβαλόμενοι | WH/Treg/NIV: μεταβαλόμενοι | RP: μεταβαλλόμενοι
  • μεταβαλόμενοιSBLGNT
  • μεταβαλόμενοιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • μεταβαλλόμενοιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: αὐτὸν εἶναι θεόν | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτὸν εἶναι θεόν | RP: θεὸν αὐτὸν εἶναι
  • αὐτὸν εἶναι θεόνSBLGNT
  • αὐτὸν εἶναι θεόνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • θεὸν αὐτὸν εἶναιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 12:22 — And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
  • Acts 14:11 — And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
  • Dan 2:46 — Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.