King James Version
Acts 2:21 in the King James Version says “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Acts 2:21 · KJV
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“that whosoever”
G3739the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
“shall call on”
G1941to entitle; by implication, to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.)
“of the Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
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