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Acts 3:9

And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

KJV

καὶ εἶδεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτὸν περιπατοῦντα καὶ αἰνοῦντα τὸν θεόν,

Greek NT

Et vidit omnis populus eum ambulantem et laudantem Deum.

Vulgate

And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

ASV

And all the people saw him walking and praising God.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰνέω
aineo
verb · 9×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×

Textual variants

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

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SBLGNT: πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτὸν | RP: αὐτὸν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς
  • πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτὸνSBLGNT
  • πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτὸν πᾶς ὁ λαὸςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§2640St. Luke in his gospel often expresses wonder and praise at the marvels of Christ and in his Acts of the Apostles stresses them as actions of the Holy Spirit: the community of Jerusalem, the invalid healed by Peter and John, the crowd that gives glory to God for that, and the pagans of Pisidia who "were glad and glorified the word of God."123

Cross-references

  • Acts 4:16 — Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.
  • Acts 4:21 — So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
  • Luke 13:17 — And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.