Study it in the app“strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to remain in the faith, and saying that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.”
strengtheningἐπιστηρίζοντεςthe soulsτὰς ψυχὰςof the disciples,τῶν μαθητῶνencouraging themπαρακαλοῦντεςto remain inἐμμένεινthe faith,τῇ πίστειandκαὶsayingthatὅτιthroughδιὰmanyπολλῶνafflictionsθλίψεωνweἡμᾶςmustδεῖenterεἰσελθεῖνintoεἰςthe kingdomτὴν βασιλείανof God.τοῦ θεοῦ
strengthen
Strengthen, make stronger.
Where else “epistērizontes” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “psychas” appearsdisciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētōn” appearsurge
To spur someone on with words to do good.
Where else “parakalountes” appearsabide by
To keep faithful to something without turning away.
Where else “emmenein” appearstrust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistei” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pollōn” appearstrouble, affliction
Affliction, distress, pressure.
Where else “thlipseōn” appearsmust
Something that has to be done.
Where else “dei” appearscome into
To enter something new: the kingdom, life, temptation.
Where else “eiselthein” appearskingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileian” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears21And after announcing the good news in that city and making disciples of many, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
22 · This verse (above)
23And when they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
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?
