KJV: Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
YLT: 'Men, brethren! it is permitted to speak with freedom unto you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us unto this day;
Darby: Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.
ASV: Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.
Ἄνδρες | Men |
Parse: Noun, Vocative Masculine Plural Root: ἀνήρ Sense: with reference to sex. |
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ἀδελφοί | brothers |
Parse: Noun, Vocative Masculine Plural Root: ἀδελφός Sense: a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother. |
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ἐξὸν | it is permitted [me] |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ἔξεστι Sense: it is lawful. |
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εἰπεῖν | to speak |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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παρρησίας | freedom |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: παρρησία Sense: freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech. |
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περὶ | concerning |
Parse: Preposition Root: περί Sense: about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near. |
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πατριάρχου | patriarch |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: πατριάρχης Sense: patriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor. |
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Δαυὶδ | David |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: Δαβίδ Sense: second king of Israel, and ancestor of Jesus Christ. |
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ὅτι | that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: ὅτι Sense: that, because, since. |
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καὶ | both |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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ἐτελεύτησεν | he died |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: τελευτάω Sense: to finish, bring to and end, close. |
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ἐτάφη | was buried |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: θάπτω Sense: to bury, inter. |
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μνῆμα | tomb |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: μνῆμα Sense: a monument or memorial to perpetuate the memory of any person or thing. |
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αὐτοῦ | of him |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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ἡμῖν | us |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 1st Person Plural Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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ἄχρι | unto |
Parse: Preposition Root: ἄχρι Sense: until, unto, etc. |
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ἡμέρας | day |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ἡμέρα Sense: the day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as distinguished from and contrasted with the night. |
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ταύτης | this |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
Greek Commentary for Acts 2:29
Supply εστιν estin before εχον exon periphrastic present indicative of εχειμι exeimi to allow, permit. The Authorized Version has “Let me speak,” supplying εστο esto present imperative. [source]
Telling it all It is a new start for Simon Peter, full of boldness and courage. The patriarch (πατρια tou patriarchou). Transliteration of the word, from αρχω patria family, and εταπη archō to rule, the founder of a family. Late word in lxx. Used of Abraham (Hebrews 7:4), of the twelve sons of Jacob as founders of the several tribes (Acts 7:8), and here of David as head of the family from whom the Messiah comes. Was buried Second aorist passive indicative of thaptō His tomb was on Matthew. Zion where most of the kings were buried. The tomb was said to have fallen into ruins in the time of the Emperor Hadrian. Josephus (Ant. XVI. 7, 1) attributes most of the misfortunes of Herod‘s family to the fact that he tried to rifle the tomb of David. [source]
Transliteration of the word, from αρχω patria family, and εταπη archō to rule, the founder of a family. Late word in lxx. Used of Abraham (Hebrews 7:4), of the twelve sons of Jacob as founders of the several tribes (Acts 7:8), and here of David as head of the family from whom the Messiah comes. [source]
Second aorist passive indicative of thaptō His tomb was on Matthew. Zion where most of the kings were buried. The tomb was said to have fallen into ruins in the time of the Emperor Hadrian. Josephus (Ant. XVI. 7, 1) attributes most of the misfortunes of Herod‘s family to the fact that he tried to rifle the tomb of David. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 2:29
See on freely, Acts 2:29. [source]
See on freely, Acts 2:29. [source]
Rev., boldness. See on openly, John 7:13; see on confidence, 1 John 2:28; see on freely, Acts 2:29. The contrast is with the dissembling with which his adversaries charged him. [source]
Perfect passive participle of αγαπαω agapaō the verb so common in the N.T. for the highest kind of love. Paul is not content with the use of αδελποι adelphoi here (often in this Epistle as 1 Thessalonians 2:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:7; 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:10), but adds this affectionate phrase nowhere else in the N.T. in this form (cf. Judges 1:3) though in Sirach 45:1 and on the Rosetta Stone. But in 2 Thessalonians 2:13 he quotes “beloved by the Lord” from Deuteronomy 33:12. The use of αδελποι adelphoi for members of the same brotherhood can be derived from the Jewish custom (Acts 2:29, Acts 2:37) and the habit of Jesus (Matthew 12:48) and is amply illustrated in the papyri for burial clubs and other orders and guilds (Moulton and Milligan‘s Vocabulary). Your election (την εκλογην υμων tēn eklogēn humōn). That is the election of you by God. It is an old word from εκλεγομαι eklegomai used by Jesus of his choice of the twelve disciples (John 15:16) and by Paul of God‘s eternal selection (Ephesians 1:4). The word εκλογη eklogē is not in the lxx and only seven times in the N.T. and always of God‘s choice of men (Acts 9:15; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; Romans 9:11; Romans 11:5, Romans 11:7, Romans 11:8; 2 Peter 1:10). The divine εκλογη eklogē was manifested in the Christian qualities of 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (Moffatt). [source]
Geometrical magnitude in contrast to arithmetical Out of the chief spoils Old word from ακρος akros top, and τις this a heap (the top of the pile). Patriarch lxx word (πατρια patria tribe, αρχω archō to rule) transferred to N.T. (Acts 2:29). [source]
Rev., boldness. For the phrase have boldness, see 1 John 3:21; 1 John 4:17; 1 John 5:14; Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 10:19; Philemon 1:8. For the word παῤῥησία boldnesssee on John 7:13; see on Acts 2:29. It is opposed, as here, to αἰσχύνομαι tobe ashamed, in Proverbs 13:5, where the Septuagint reads “a wicked man is ashamed ( αἰσχύνεται ) and shall not have boldness ( παῤῥησίαν ). Also in Philemon 1:20. Compare 2 Corinthians 3:12. The idea of free, open speech lies at the bottom of the word: coming before God's bar with nothing to conceal. The thought is embodied in the general confession of the Book of Common Prayer: “That we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our Heavenly Father, but confess them.” So John Wesley's Hymn:“Jesus, Thy blood and righteousnessMy beauty are, my glorious dress: 'Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,-DIVIDER- With joy shall I lift up my head.Bold shall I stand in Thy great day,For who aught to my charge shall lay? Fully absolved through these I am, - From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.” [source]