King James Version
Acts 13:40 in the King James Version says “Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;” — study this verse from Acts chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;”
Acts 13:40 · KJV
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. the next: Gr. in the week between, or, in the sabbath between
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“lest that”
G3361(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“upon”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“which is spoken of”
G2046an alternate for g2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e., speak or say
“the prophets”
G4396a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
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