Study it in the app“But Paul said to them, “They beat us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Romans, and threw us into prison, and now are they throwing us out secretly? No indeed! Rather, let them come themselves and bring us out.””
ButδὲPaulὁ Παῦλοςsaidἔφηtoπρὸςthem,αὐτούς“They beatΔείραντεςusἡμᾶςpublicly,δημοσίᾳuncondemned,ἀκατακρίτουςmenἀνθρώπουςwho areὑπάρχονταςRomans,Ῥωμαίουςandthrew usἔβαλανintoεἰςprison,φυλακήνandκαὶnowνῦνare they throwing us outἡμᾶς ἐκβάλλουσινsecretly?λάθρᾳNo indeed!οὐ γάρRather,ἀλλὰlet them comeἐλθόντεςthemselvesαὐτοὶandbring us out.”ἡμᾶς ἐξαγαγέτωσαν
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulos” appearssay
Say.
Where else “ephē” appearsbeat, strike
Beat, strike, flog.
Where else “Deirantes” appearspublic
Public, belonging to the people; as an adverb, publicly, in public.
Where else “dēmosiai” appearsuncondemned
Uncondemned, without a trial.
Where else “akatakritous” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpous” appearsbe
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hyparchontas” appearsRoman
Roman.
Where else “Rhōmaious” appearsthrow
To hurl something or someone away from oneself.
Where else “ebalan” appearsprison
The place where prisoners are shut in.
Where else “phylakēn” appearsdrive out
To expel someone, like demons.
Where else “ekballousin” appearssecretly
Secretly, without anyone knowing.
Where else “lathrai” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthontes” appearslead out
Lead out, bring out.
Where else “exagagetōsan” appearsRoman law forbade flogging a Roman citizen, and even more so without a trial.
36And the jailer reported these words to Paul: “The magistrates have sent word that you be released. So now come out and go in peace.”
37 · This verse (above)
38And the officers reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.
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?
