Acts 15:21
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For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him in the synagogues, where he is read every sabbath.

sabbath.

Acts 13:15,27 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Ye men, brethren, if you have any word of exhortation to make to the people, speak. . . .

Nehemiah 8:1 And the seventh month came: and the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people were gathered together as one man to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

*etc:

Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day: and he rose up to read.

Context
The Council at Jerusalem
20But that we write unto them, that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols and from fornication and from things strangled and from blood. 21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him in the synagogues, where he is read every sabbath. 22Then it pleased the apostles and ancients, with the whole church, to choose men of their own company and to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas, who was surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren.…
Cross References
Luke 16:29
And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them.

Acts 13:15
And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Ye men, brethren, if you have any word of exhortation to make to the people, speak.

2 Corinthians 3:14
But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).

Lexicon
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

Moses
Μωϋσῆς (Mōusēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3475: Or Moses, or Mouses of Hebrew origin; Moseus, Moses, or Mouses, the Hebrew lawgiver.

has
ἔχει (echei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

been proclaimed
κηρύσσοντας (kēryssontas)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2784: To proclaim, herald, preach. Of uncertain affinity; to herald, especially divine truth.

in every
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

city
πόλιν (polin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

ancient
ἀρχαίων (archaiōn)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 744: Original, primitive, ancient. From arche; original or primeval.

times
γενεῶν (geneōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1074: From genos; a generation; by implication, an age.

[and] is read
ἀναγινωσκόμενος (anaginōskomenos)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 314: To read, know again, know certainly, recognize, discern. From ana and ginosko; to know again, i.e. to read.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
ταῖς (tais)
Article - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

synagogues
συναγωγαῖς (synagōgais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 4864: From sunago; an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish 'synagogue'; by analogy, a Christian church.

on
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

every
πᾶν (pan)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

Sabbath.”
σάββατον (sabbaton)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4521: The Sabbath, a week.


Additional Translations
For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

For Moses has ones proclaiming him in every city from generations of old, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."

For Moses of old time has in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

For Moses, from generations of old, has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

For Moses from the earliest times has had his preachers in every town, being read, as he is, Sabbath after Sabbath, in the various synagogues."

For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

for Moses from former generations in every city hath those preaching him -- in the synagogues every sabbath being read.'
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