KJV: And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
YLT: and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,
Darby: And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.
ASV: And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
πληρωθέντων | having been passed |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: πληρόω Sense: to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full. |
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ἐτῶν | years |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: ἔτος Sense: year. |
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τεσσεράκοντα | forty |
Parse: Adjective, Genitive Neuter Plural Root: τεσσαράκοντα Sense: forty. |
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ὤφθη | appeared |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
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αὐτῷ | to him |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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ἐρήμῳ | wilderness |
Parse: Adjective, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ἔρημος Sense: solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited. |
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τοῦ | of the |
Parse: Article, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ὄρους | Mount |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: ὄρος Sense: a mountain. |
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Σινᾶ | Sinai |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: Σινά Sense: a mountain or rather a mountainous region in the peninsula of Arabia Petraea, made famous by the giving of the Mosaic law. |
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ἄγγελος | an angel |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἄγγελος Sense: a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God. |
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φλογὶ | a flame |
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: φλόξ Sense: a flame. |
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πυρὸς | of fire |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Neuter Singular Root: πῦρ Sense: fire. |
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βάτου | of a bush |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: βάτοσ1 Sense: a thorn or bramble bush. |
Greek Commentary for Acts 7:30
Horeb in Exodus 3:1; but Sinai and Horeb were “probably peaks of one mountain range” (Page), Horeb “the mountain of the dried-up ground,” Sinai “the mountain of the thorns.” Literally, “in the flame of fire of a bush” (two genitives, πυρος puros and βατου batou dependent on πλογι phlogi flame). Descriptive genitives as in Acts 9:15; 2 Thessalonians 1:8. ατος Batos (bush) is the wild acacia (mimosa nilotica). In Exodus 3:20 it is Jehovah who speaks. Hence “angel” here with Stephen is understood to be the Angel of the Presence, the Eternal Logos of the Father, the Angel of Jehovah. [source]
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Old word, quoted from the lxx in Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37 (from Exodus 3:6) about the burning bush that Moses saw, and by Stephen (Acts 7:30, Acts 7:35) referring to the same incident. Nowhere else in the N.T. “Galen has a chapter on its medicinal uses, and the medical writings abound in prescriptions of which it is an ingredient” (Vincent).Gather (βατου trugōsin). A verb common in Greek writers for gathering ripe fruit. In the N.T. only here and Revelation 14:18.Grapes Cluster of grapes. [source]
Genitive absolute with present middle participle of προσερχομαι proserchomai A voice of the Lord (πωνη κυριου phōnē kuriou). Here the angel of Jehovah of Acts 7:30 is termed Jehovah himself. Jesus makes powerful use of these words in his reply to the Sadducees in defence of the doctrine of the resurrection and the future life (Mark 12:26; Matthew 22:32; Luke 20:37.) that God here describes himself as the God of the living. Trembled Literally, becoming tremulous or terrified. The adjective εντρομος entromos Imperfect active, was not daring, negative conative imperfect. [source]
Here the angel of Jehovah of Acts 7:30 is termed Jehovah himself. Jesus makes powerful use of these words in his reply to the Sadducees in defence of the doctrine of the resurrection and the future life (Mark 12:26; Matthew 22:32; Luke 20:37.) that God here describes himself as the God of the living. [source]
Here the Παρουσια Parousia (1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23) is pictured as a Revelation (Un-veiling, αποκαλυπσις apȯkalupsis) of the Messiah as in 1 Corinthians 1:7, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 1:13 (cf. Luke 17:30). At this Unveiling of the Messiah there will come the recompense (2 Thessalonians 1:6) to the persecutors and the rest from the persecutions. This Revelation will be from heaven In Acts 7:30 the text is flame of fire where πυρος puros is genitive (like Isaiah 66:15) rather than πλογος phlogos as here (Exodus 3:2). [source]
(Un-veiling, αποκαλυπσις apȯkalupsis) of the Messiah as in 1 Corinthians 1:7, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 1:13 (cf. Luke 17:30). At this Unveiling of the Messiah there will come the recompense (2 Thessalonians 1:6) to the persecutors and the rest from the persecutions. This Revelation will be from heaven In Acts 7:30 the text is flame of fire where πυρος puros is genitive (like Isaiah 66:15) rather than πλογος phlogos as here (Exodus 3:2). [source]
(2 Thessalonians 1:6) to the persecutors and the rest from the persecutions. This Revelation will be from heaven In Acts 7:30 the text is flame of fire where πυρος puros is genitive (like Isaiah 66:15) rather than πλογος phlogos as here (Exodus 3:2). [source]
from the persecutions. This Revelation will be from heaven In Acts 7:30 the text is flame of fire where πυρος puros is genitive (like Isaiah 66:15) rather than πλογος phlogos as here (Exodus 3:2). [source]
In Acts 7:30 the text is flame of fire where πυρος puros is genitive (like Isaiah 66:15) rather than πλογος phlogos as here (Exodus 3:2). [source]
In Acts 7:30 the text is flame of fire where πυρος puros is genitive (like Isaiah 66:15) rather than πλογος phlogos as here (Exodus 3:2). [source]
In Acts 7:30 the text is flame of fire where πυρος puros is genitive (like Isaiah 66:15) rather than πλογος phlogos as here (Exodus 3:2). [source]