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Andκαὶbringingπροσαγαγόντεςthemαὐτοὺςto the magistrates,τοῖς στρατηγοῖςthey said,εἶπαν“TheseΟὗτοιmen,οἱ ἄνθρωποιbeingὑπάρχοντεςJews,Ἰουδαῖοιare greatly disturbingἐκταράσσουσινourἡμῶνcityτὴν πόλιν
Acts 16:20
Study it in the app“And bringing them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are greatly disturbing our city”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:20, word by word
- bringingπροσαγαγόντεςprosagagontes
bring, approach
Bring, lead to; approach, come near.
Where else “prosagagontes” appears- to the magistratesστρατηγοῖςstratēgois
magistrate
An official of a Roman city.
Where else “stratēgois” appears- they saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- menἄνθρωποιanthrōpoi
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpoi” appears- beingὑπάρχοντεςhyparchontes
be
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hyparchontes” appears- JewsἸουδαῖοιIoudaioi
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaioi” appears- are greatly disturbingἐκταράσσουσινektarassousin
throw into confusion
Throw into great confusion, stir up.
Where else “ektarassousin” appears- cityπόλινpolin
city, town
City, town.
Where else “polin” appears
Translation note
Here strategoi are the magistrates of a Roman colony, not the commanders of the temple guard.
The context
19But when her masters saw that the hope of their profit had gone out, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
20 · This verse (above)
21and they proclaim customs that it is not lawful for us to accept or practice, being Romans.”
To study Acts 16 in a group
1. What it says
What do Paul and Silas do at midnight in prison, and what happens afterward? (vv. 25-26)
2. What it means
Why does the jailer ask what he must do, and how do Paul and Silas answer him? (vv. 27-31)
3. How I live it
Paul and Silas prayed and sang on a very hard night (v. 25). What gives you courage when you go through a night like that?