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ButδὲI will stay onἐπιμενῶinἐνEphesusἘφέσῳuntilἕωςPentecost,τῆς πεντηκοστῆς
1 Corinthians 16:8
Study it in the app“But I will stay on in Ephesus until Pentecost,”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 16:8, word by word
- I will stay onἐπιμενῶepimenō
stay
To remain longer in a place.
Where else “epimenō” appears- EphesusἘφέσῳEphesōi
Ephesus
See it on the mapWhere else “Ephesōi” appears- Pentecostπεντηκοστῆςpentēkostēs
Pentecost
Pentecost, "fiftieth": the Feast of Weeks, fifty days after Passover.
Where else “pentēkostēs” appears
Places in this verse
Ephesus
Today: Ephesus ruins, near Selçuk, Turkey
A great port city on the west coast of present-day Turkey.
Paul lived there about three years, teaching (Acts 19:1, 10; 20:31). The letter to the Ephesians and the first message in Revelation are addressed to its assembly (Eph 1:1; Rev 2:1).
The context
7For I do not want to see you now in passing, for I hope to stay some time with you, if the Lord permits.
8 · This verse (above)
9for a great and effective door has opened for me, and there are many who oppose me.