King James Version
Acts 15:27 in the King James Version says “We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. mouth: Gr. word” — study this verse from Acts chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. mouth: Gr. word”
Acts 15:27 · King James Version
It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. mouth: Gr. word
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
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“We have sent”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
“Judas”
G2455judas (i.e., jehudah), the name of ten israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“who”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“mouth”
G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a
“who”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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