Acts 14:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Παραγενόμενοι δὲ, καὶ συναγαγόντες τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ἀνήγγειλαν ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς μετʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὅτι ἤνοιξεν τοῖς Ἔθνεσιν θύραν πίστεως.

Transliteration

Having paragenomenoi de, and having synagagontes the ekklēsian, they anēngeilan how much epoiēsen the Theos with them, and that he ēnoixen to the Ethnesin a thyran of pisteōs.

Grammar Details

• *paragenomenoi*: aorist middle participle, nominative masculine plural - having arrived
• *de*: postpositive particle - and/but
• *synagagontes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having gathered together
• *ekklēsian*: accusative feminine singular - church/assembly
• *anēngeilan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - reported/announced
• *hosa*: relative pronoun, accusative neuter plural - how much/all that
• *epoiēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - did/had done
• *Theos*: nominative masculine singular - God
• *met'*: preposition with genitive - with
• *ēnoixen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - opened
• *Ethnesin*: dative neuter plural - nations/Gentiles
• *thyran*: accusative feminine singular - door
• *pisteōs*: genitive feminine singular - of faith

Word Meanings

• *paragenomenoi*: having arrived/having come
• *synagagontes tēn ekklēsian*: having gathered the church/having assembled the church
• *anēngeilan*: reported/announced/declared
• *hosa epoiēsen ho Theos met' autōn*: all that God had done with them
• *ēnoixen tois Ethnesin thyran pisteōs*: opened to the Gentiles a door of faith/had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when they had arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When they were come and had gaddered the congregacion to gedder they rehersed all that God had done by them and how he had opened the dore of faith vnto the getyls.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan they came there, they gathered the congregacion together, & shewed them, how greate thinges God had done with the, and how he had opened the dore of faithe vnto the Heithen.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when they were come & had gathered the Church together, they rehearsed all the things that God had done by them, and howe he had opened the doore of faith vnto the Gentiles.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when they were come, and had gathered the Churche together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, & howe he had opened the doore of fayth vnto the gentiles.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having come and gathered together the assembly, they declared as many things as God did with them, and that He did open to the nations a door of faith;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith unto the Gentiles.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when they came there, and had got the church together, they gave them an account of all the things which God had done through them, and how he had made open a door of faith to the Gentiles.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 15:12 : 12 The whole assembly became silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they narrated all the signs and wonders that God had done among the Gentiles through them.
• 1 Cor 16:9 : 9 For a great and effective door has been opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
• 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened for me in the Lord,
• Col 4:3 : 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
• 1 Cor 5:4 : 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, and my spirit is with you, along with the power of our Lord Jesus,
• 1 Cor 11:18 : 18 First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part, I believe it.
• Acts 11:18 : 18 When they heard this, they became silent and glorified God, saying, 'So then, God has granted repentance leading to life even to the Gentiles.'
• Rom 15:18 : 18 I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done.
• 1 Cor 3:5-9 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor. 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
• John 9:10 : 10 They asked him, 'Then how were your eyes opened?
• Rev 3:7-8 : 7 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open. 8 I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut, because you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
• Acts 15:3-6 : 3 Having been sent on their way by the church, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers. 4 When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, along with the apostles and elders, and they reported all that God had done through them. 5 But some believers from the sect of the Pharisees stood up and declared, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses." 6 The apostles and the elders gathered together to consider this matter.
• Acts 21:19-22 : 19 After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, 'You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.' 21 'They have been informed that you teach all the Jews living among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or follow our customs.' 22 What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.
• 1 Cor 14:23 : 23 So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your mind?
• 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.