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Acts 11:15
Study it in the app“And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as also on us at the beginning.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 11:15, word by word
- beganἄρξασθαίarxasthai
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “arxasthai” appears- to speakλαλεῖνlalein
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalein” appears- the Holyἅγιονhagion
Holy Spirit
God's Spirit, who is his own and sets people apart for him.
Where else “hagion” appears- Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- fellἐπέπεσενepepesen
fall upon
To come upon someone, like the Spirit or fear.
Where else “epepesen” appears- just asὥσπερhōsper
just as
Just as, in the same way as.
Where else “hōsper” appears- the beginningἀρχῇarchēi
beginning
The point where something starts: its first moment.
Where else “archēi” appears
The context
14he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, and all your household.’
15 · This verse (above)
16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he used to say, ‘John immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit.’
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?