KJV: And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
YLT: and the heart-knowing God did bare them testimony, having given to them the Holy Spirit, even as also to us,
Darby: And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit as to us also,
ASV: And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;
καρδιογνώστης | heart-knowing |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: καρδιογνώστης Sense: knower of the hearts. |
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Θεὸς | God |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
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ἐμαρτύρησεν | bore witness |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: μαρτυρέω Sense: to be a witness, to bear witness, i.e. to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration. |
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αὐτοῖς | to them |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative Neuter 3rd Person Plural Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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δοὺς | having given [them] |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: διδῶ Sense: to give. |
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Πνεῦμα | Spirit |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: πνεῦμα Sense: a movement of air (a gentle blast. |
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τὸ | - |
Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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Ἅγιον | Holy |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: ἅγιος Sense: most holy thing, a saint. |
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καὶ | also |
Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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ἡμῖν | to us |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 1st Person Plural Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
Greek Commentary for Acts 15:8
Late word from καρδια kardia (heart) and γνωστης gnōstēs (known, γινωσκω ginōskō). In the N.T. only here and Acts 1:24 which see. [source]
And before their baptism. This was the Lord‘s doing. They had accepted (Acts 11:18) this witness of God then and it was true now of these other Gentile converts. [source]
Only here and Acts 1:24. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 15:8
Only here and Acts 15:8. Lit.,heart-knower. [source]
First aorist active imperative of αναδεικνυμι anadeiknumi to show up, make plain. First aorist middle indicative second person singular of εκλεγω eklegō to pick out, choose, select. In this prayer they assume that God has made a choice. They only wish to know his will. They call God the heart-searcher or heart-knower (καρδιογνωστα kardiognōsta vocative singular), a late word, here and Acts 15:8 only in the N.T. Modern physicians have delicate apparatus for studying the human heart. [source]
Εργο Ergo as in Luke 11:20, Luke 11:48 and like αρα ουν ara oun in Romans 5:18. In ancient Greek inferential αρα ara cannot come at the beginning of a clause as here. It was reluctant acquiescence in the undoubted fact that God had “granted repentance unto life” to these Gentiles in Caesarea, but the circumcision party undoubtedly looked on it as an exceptional case and not to be regarded as a precedent to follow with other Gentiles. Peter will see in this incident (Acts 15:8) the same principle for which Paul contends at the Jerusalem Conference. Furneaux suggests that this conduct of Peter in Caesarea, though grudgingly acquiesced in after his skilful defence, decreased his influence in Jerusalem where he had been leader and helped open the way for the leadership of James the Lord‘s brother. [source]
Dative case after εδοχεν edoxen (third example, verses, 22, 25, 28). Definite claim that the church in this action had the guidance of the Holy Spirit. That fact was plain to the church from what had taken place in Caesarea and in this campaign of Paul and Barnabas (Acts 15:8). Jesus had promised that the Holy Spirit would guide them into all truth (John 16:13). Even so the church deliberated carefully before deciding. What a blessing it would be if this were always true! But even so the Judaizers are only silenced for the present, not convinced and only waiting for a better day to start over again. [source]
The second ἵνα is parallel with the first. The deliverance from the curse results not only in extending to the Gentiles the blessing promised to Abraham, but in the impartation of the Spirit to both Jews and Gentiles through faith. The εὐλογία blessingis not God's gift of justification as the opposite of the curse; for in Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:11, justification is not represented as the opposite of the curse, but as that by which the curse is removed and the blessing realized. The content of the curse is death, Galatians 3:13. The opposite of the curse is life. The subject of the promise is the life which comes through the Spirit. See John 7:39; Acts 2:17, Acts 2:38, Acts 2:39; Acts 10:45, Acts 10:47; Acts 15:7, Acts 15:8; Romans 5:5; Romans 8:2, Romans 8:4, Romans 8:6, Romans 8:11; Ephesians 1:13. [source]
Solemn and emphatic: His Spirit, the holy. Similarly, Acts 15:8, Acts 15:28; Acts 19:6; Acts 20:23; Ephesians 1:13; Ephesians 4:30. [source]