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Butδὲthe Jewsοἱ Ἰουδαῖοιwho refused to believeἀπειθήσαντεςstirred upἐπήγειρανandκαὶpoisonedἐκάκωσανthe soulsτὰς ψυχὰςof the nationsτῶν ἐθνῶνagainstκατὰthe brothers.τῶν ἀδελφῶν
Acts 14:2
Study it in the app“But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up and poisoned the souls of the nations against the brothers.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 14:2, word by word
- the JewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioi
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaioi” appears- who refused to believeἀπειθήσαντεςapeithēsantes
refuse to believe
To be unwilling to trust.
Where else “apeithēsantes” appears- stirred upἐπήγειρανepēgeiran
stir up
Stir up, rouse someone against another.
Where else “epēgeiran” appears- poisonedἐκάκωσανekakōsan
poison
Fill others with ill will, set them against.
Where else “ekakōsan” appears- the soulsψυχὰςpsychas
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “psychas” appears- of the nationsἐθνῶνethnōn
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnōn” appears- the brothersἀδελφῶνadelphōn
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphōn” appears
The context
1Now 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3So they stayed a long time, speaking boldly in reliance on the Lord, who was testifying to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.
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?