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forὅτιhe wasἦνnumberedκατηριθμημένοςamongἐνusἡμῖνandκαὶreceivedἔλαχενhisτὸνshareκλῆρονof thisτῆς ταύτηςservice.διακονίας
Acts 1:17
Study it in the app“for he was numbered among us and received his share of this service.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 1:17, word by word
- he wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- numberedκατηριθμημένοςkatērithmēmenos
count among
Count among others, number as one of a group.
Where else “katērithmēmenos” appears- receivedἔλαχενelachen
obtain by lot
Fall to one by drawing; obtain.
Where else “elachen” appears- shareκλῆρονklēron
share
What falls to someone.
Where else “klēron” appears- serviceδιακονίαςdiakonias
service
One's task in God's work.
Where else “diakonias” appears
The context
16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus,
17 · This verse (above)
18Now this man acquired a field with the wages of his unrighteousness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his bowels poured out.
To study Acts 1 in a group
1. What it says
What does Jesus tell the apostles they will receive, and what will they be, before he is taken up? (v. 8)
2. What it means
Why do you think Jesus does not answer their question about the timing and speaks instead of being witnesses? (vv. 6-8)
3. How I live it
The disciples waited together in prayer (v. 14). What helps you hold steady when you wait for something and do not know when it will come?