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and thereκἀκεῖthey wereἦσανannouncing the good news.εὐαγγελιζόμενοι
Acts 14:7
Study it in the app“and there they were announcing the good news.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 14:7, word by word
- and thereκἀκεῖkakei
and there
And there.
Where else “kakei” appears- they wereἦσανēsan
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēsan” appears- announcing the good newsεὐαγγελιζόμενοιeuangelizomenoi
proclaim good news
Announce the good news; in the passive, have the good news announced or be announced as good news.
Where else “euangelizomenoi” appears
The context
6they learned of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region;
7 · This verse (above)
8And in Lystra a certain man was sitting, without strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.
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?