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forὅτιhe wasἦνa goodἀγαθὸςmanἀνὴρandκαὶfullπλήρηςof the HolyἁγίουSpiritπνεύματοςandκαὶof faith.πίστεωςAndκαὶa largeἱκανὸςcrowdὄχλοςwas addedπροσετέθηto the Lord.τῷ κυρίῳ
Acts 11:24
Study it in the app“for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large crowd was added to the Lord.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 11:24, word by word
- he wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- a goodἀγαθὸςagathos
good
Being as it should be and doing others good; in the full sense, God alone.
Where else “agathos” appears- manἀνὴρanēr
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “anēr” appears- fullπλήρηςplērēs
full
Full.
Where else “plērēs” appears- of the Holyἁγίουhagiou
Holy Spirit
God's Spirit, who is his own and sets people apart for him.
Where else “hagiou” appears- Spiritπνεύματοςpneumatos
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneumatos” appears- of faithπίστεωςpisteōs
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteōs” appears- a largeἱκανὸςhikanos
considerable
A considerable amount of people, time or money.
Where else “hikanos” appears- crowdὄχλοςochlos
crowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlos” appears- was addedπροσετέθηprosetethē
add
To join something to what is there.
Where else “prosetethē” appears- to the Lordκυρίῳkyriōi
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriōi” appears
The context
23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he was encouraging all to remain with the Lord with purpose of heart,
24 · This verse (above)
25And he went out to Tarsus to look for Saul,
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?