Study it in the app“and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of the same nature as you, announcing the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them;”
andκαὶsaying,λέγοντες“Men,Ἄνδρεςwhyτίare you doingποιεῖτεthese things?ταῦταWeἡμεῖςalsoκαὶareἐσμενmenἄνθρωποιof the same natureὁμοιοπαθεῖςas you,ὑμῖνannouncing the good newsεὐαγγελιζόμενοιto you,ὑμᾶςthat you should turnἐπιστρέφεινfromἀπὸtheseτούτωνworthless thingsτῶν ματαίωνtoἐπὶa livingζῶνταGod,θεὸνwhoὃςmadeἐποίησενthe heavenτὸν οὐρανὸνandκαὶthe earthτὴν γῆνandκαὶthe seaτὴν θάλασσανandκαὶallπάνταthatτὰisinἐνthem;αὐτοῖς
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legontes” appearsman
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “Andres” appearsdo
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poieite” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpoi” appearsof like nature
Of like nature, having the same feelings and weaknesses.
Where else “homoiopatheis” appearsproclaim good news
Announce the good news; in the passive, have the good news announced or be announced as good news.
Where else “euangelizomenoi” appearsturn to God
To come back to God, or bring others back to him.
Where else “epistrephein” appearsworthless, futile
Vain, futile, worthless.
Where else “mataiōn” appearslive
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōnta” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appearssky
The vault we see above the earth, where birds fly and the stars are.
Where else “ouranon” appearsearth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēn” appearssea
Sea; also a large lake, such as the Sea of Galilee.
Where else “thalassan” appears14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out
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16who in the past generations allowed all the nations to go their ways;
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?
