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Butδὲwhen the disciplesτῶν μαθητῶνhad gathered aroundκυκλωσάντωνhim,αὐτὸνhe got upἀναστὰςand enteredεἰσῆλθενintoεἰςthe city.τὴν πόλινAndκαὶon the next dayτῇ ἐπαύριονhe went outἐξῆλθενwithσὺνBarnabasτῷ ΒαρναβᾷtoεἰςDerbe.Δέρβην
Acts 14:20
Study it in the app“But when the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and entered into the city. And on the next day he went out with Barnabas to Derbe.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 14:20, word by word
- when the disciplesμαθητῶνmathētōn
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētōn” appears- had gathered aroundκυκλωσάντωνkyklōsantōn
surround
Surround, encircle.
Where else “kyklōsantōn” appears- he got upἀναστὰςanastas
get up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anastas” appears- and enteredεἰσῆλθενeisēlthen
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eisēlthen” appears- the cityπόλινpolin
city, town
City, town.
Where else “polin” appears- on the next dayἐπαύριονepaurion
the next day
The next day.
Where else “epaurion” appears- he went outἐξῆλθενexēlthen
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exēlthen” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- BarnabasΒαρναβᾷBarnabai
Barnabas
Barnabas, the surname given to Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus; it was explained as "son of encouragement". He traveled and worked with Paul.
Where else “Barnabai” appears- DerbeΔέρβηνDerbēn
Derbe
Derbe, a city of Lycaonia.
Where else “Derbēn” appears
The context
19But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him outside the city, thinking that he had died.
20 · This verse (above)
21And after announcing the good news in that city and making disciples of many, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
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?