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whoὃςinἐνthe pastταῖς παρῳχημέναιςgenerationsγενεαῖςallowedεἴασενallπάνταthe nationsτὰ ἔθνηto goπορεύεσθαιtheir ways;ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν
Acts 14:16
Study it in the app“who in the past generations allowed all the nations to go their ways;”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 14:16, word by word
- the pastπαρῳχημέναιςparōichēmenais
go by, be past
Go by, pass; "the past generations".
Where else “parōichēmenais” appears- generationsγενεαῖςgeneais
generation
Generation: the people born around the same time, or each step from parent to child in a family.
Where else “geneais” appears- allowedεἴασενeiasen
let
Not to stop someone from doing something; to let him.
Where else “eiasen” appears- the nationsἔθνηethnē
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnē” appears- to goπορεύεσθαιporeuesthai
walk
To live in a certain way.
Where else “poreuesthai” appears- their waysὁδοῖςhodois
road
The route by which one goes from one place to another, or the trip itself.
Where else “hodois” appears
The context
15and 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;
16 · This verse (above)
17and yet he did not leave himself without testimony, doing good, giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
To study Acts 14 in a group
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?