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Acts 12:16 Interlinear

“ But Peter continued knocking when they had opened But the door and saw him they were astonished”

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Acts 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ὁ	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
2	δὲ	G1161	But	but, and, etc
3	Πέτρος	G4074	Peter	a (piece of) rock (larger than g3037); as a name, petrus, an apostle
4	ἐπέμενεν	G1961	continued	to stay over, i.e., remain (figuratively, persevere)
5	κρούων·	G2925	knocking	to rap
6	ἀνοίξαντες	G455	when they had opened	to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)
7	δὲ	G1161	But	but, and, etc
8	εἶδον	G1492	the door and saw	used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
9	αὐτὸν	G846	him	the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
10	καὶ	G2532		and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
11	ἐξέστησαν	G1839	they were astonished	to put (stand) out of wits, i.e., astound, or (reflexively) become astounded, insane

Acts 12:16 (current) But Peter continued knocking when they had opened But the door and saw him they were astonished