Study it in the app“Now it happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great multitude both of Jews and of Greeks believed.”
Nowδὲit happenedἘγένετοinἐνIconiumἸκονίῳthat theyαὐτοὺςenteredεἰσελθεῖνtogetherκατὰ τὸ αὐτὸintoεἰςthe synagogueτὴν συναγωγὴνof the Jewsτῶν Ἰουδαίωνandκαὶspokeλαλῆσαιin such a wayοὕτωςthatὥστεa greatπολὺmultitudeπλῆθοςbothτεof JewsἸουδαίωνandκαὶof GreeksἙλλήνωνbelieved.πιστεῦσαι
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “Egeneto” appearsIconium
Iconium, a city of Lycaonia, in the center of present-day Turkey.
Where else “Ikoniōi” appearsenter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthein” appearssynagogue
Synagogue: the gathering of Jews to read Scripture and pray, and the building where they met.
Where else “synagōgēn” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiōn” appearsspeak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalēsai” appearsso that
So much that, to the point that.
Where else “hōste” appearsgreat
Of great size or strength, like a crowd or a lament.
Where else “poly” appearscrowd
Many persons gathered.
Where else “plēthos” appearsGentile
Someone who is not a Jew.
Where else “Hellēnōn” appearstrust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteusai” appears1 · This verse (above)
2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the souls of the nations against the brothers.
1. What it says
In Lystra, what does Paul do for the man who had never walked, and how does the crowd react? (vv. 8-13)
2. What it means
Why do Paul and Barnabas refuse to be treated as gods, and what do they say about themselves? (vv. 14-15)
3. How I live it
Paul and Barnabas encouraged the disciples to stay firm through hardship (v. 22). How can you encourage someone going through a hard time?
