Study it in the app“Paul wanted this man to go out with him, and taking him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.”
Paulὁ Παῦλοςwantedἠθέλησενthis manτοῦτονto go outἐξελθεῖνwithσὺνhim,αὐτῷandκαὶtaking him,λαβὼνhe circumcisedπεριέτεμενhimαὐτὸνbecause ofδιὰthe Jewsτοὺς Ἰουδαίουςwho wereτοὺς ὄνταςinἐνthoseἐκείνοιςplaces,τοῖς τόποιςforγὰρthey allἅπαντεςknewᾔδεισανthatὅτιhisαὐτοῦfatherὁ πατὴρwasὑπῆρχενa Greek.Ἕλλην
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulos” appearswant
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “ēthelēsen” appearsgo out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exelthein” appearswith
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand, or take it from someone.
Where else “labōn” appearscircumcise
Circumcise.
Where else “perietemen” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaious” appearsbe present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ontas” appearsplace
A specific spot where something is or happens.
Where else “topois” appearsall
All, every one without exception.
Where else “hapantes” appearsknow
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “ēideisan” appearsparents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patēr” appearsbe
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hypērchen” appearsGentile
Someone who is not a Jew.
Where else “Hellēn” appears2He was well attested by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.
3 · This verse (above)
4And as they were going through the cities, they were delivering to them the decrees decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, for them to keep.
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?
