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Soοὖνit is necessary,δεῖof the menτῶν ἀνδρῶνwho have accompaniedσυνελθόντωνusἡμῖνduringἐνallπαντὶthe timeχρόνῳthatᾧthe Lordὁ κύριοςJesusἸησοῦςwent inεἰσῆλθενandκαὶwent outἐξῆλθενamongἐφ’us,ἡμᾶς
Acts 1:21
Study it in the app“So it is necessary, of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 1:21, word by word
- it is necessaryδεῖdei
must
Something that has to be done.
Where else “dei” appears- of the menἀνδρῶνandrōn
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andrōn” appears- who have accompaniedσυνελθόντωνsynelthontōn
go with
To go with someone.
Where else “synelthontōn” appears- the timeχρόνῳchronōi
time
Time; a span of time.
Where else “chronōi” appears- the Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- went inεἰσῆλθενeisēlthen
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eisēlthen” appears- went outἐξῆλθενexēlthen
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exēlthen” appears
The context
20For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his dwelling become desolate, and let there be no one living in it’; and, ‘Let another take his office.’
21 · This verse (above)
22beginning from the immersion of John until the day on which he was taken up from us, that one of these become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
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?