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Andδὲthe Spiritτὸ πνεῦμάtoldεἶπενmeμοιto go withσυνελθεῖνthem,αὐτοῖςwithout hesitating at all.μηδὲν διακρίνανταAndδὲtheseοὗτοιsixἓξbrothersοἱ ἀδελφοὶalsoκαὶwentἦλθονwithσὺνme,ἐμοὶandκαὶwe enteredεἰσήλθομενintoεἰςthe man’sτοῦ ἀνδρόςhouse.τὸν οἶκον
Acts 11:12
Study it in the app“And the Spirit told me to go with them, without hesitating at all. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man’s house.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 11:12, word by word
- the Spiritπνεῦμάpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- toldεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- to go withσυνελθεῖνsynelthein
go with
To go with someone.
Where else “synelthein” appears- without hesitating at allμηδὲνmēden
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēden” appears- without hesitating at allδιακρίνανταdiakrinanta
doubt
To waver, be unsure in faith.
Where else “diakrinanta” appears- sixἓξhex
six
Six.
Where else “hex” appears- brothersἀδελφοὶadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- wentἦλθονēlthon
go
To set out toward a place.
Where else “ēlthon” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- we enteredεἰσήλθομενeisēlthomen
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eisēlthomen” appears- the man’sἀνδρόςandros
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andros” appears- houseοἶκονoikon
house
The place where one lives; also the temple, God's dwelling.
Where else “oikon” appears
Translation note
It can also be understood “without making a distinction” (compare 15:9).
The context
11And look, at that very moment three men stood at the house in which we were, sent from Caesarea to me.
12 · This verse (above)
13And he reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon who is called Peter;
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?