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Thisτοῦτοhappenedἐγένετοthree times,ἐπὶ τρίςandκαὶeverythingἅπανταwas drawn upἀνεσπάσθηagainπάλινintoεἰςheaven.τὸν οὐρανόν
Acts 11:10
Study it in the app“This happened three times, and everything was drawn up again into heaven.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 11:10, word by word
- happenedἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- three timesτρίςtris
three times
Three times.
Where else “tris” appears- everythingἅπανταhapanta
all
All, every one without exception.
Where else “hapanta” appears- was drawn upἀνεσπάσθηanespasthē
pull out
Pull out, draw up.
Where else “anespasthē” appears- againπάλινpalin
again
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appears- heavenοὐρανόνouranon
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranon” appears
The context
9But a voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, you must not call profane.’
10 · This verse (above)
11And look, at that very moment three men stood at the house in which we were, sent from Caesarea to me.
To study Acts 11 in a group
1. What it says
When Peter is criticized in Jerusalem, how does he respond, and what do they do when they hear him? (vv. 2-18)
2. What it means
What does Barnabas do on arriving in Antioch, and what does he then do about Saul? (vv. 22-26)
3. How I live it
The disciples in Antioch sent help to the brothers in Judea who needed it (vv. 27-30). Whom far away could you help?