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Andδὲthe officersοἱ ῥαβδοῦχοιreportedἀπήγγειλανtheseταῦταwordsτὰ ῥήματαto the magistrates,τοῖς στρατηγοῖςandδὲthey were afraidἐφοβήθησανwhen they heardἀκούσαντεςthatὅτιthey wereεἰσινRomans.Ῥωμαῖοί
Acts 16:38
Study it in the app“And the officers reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 16:38, word by word
- the officersῥαβδοῦχοιrhabdouchoi
officer, lictor
Lictor: an officer who carried the rods before Roman magistrates and carried out their orders.
Where else “rhabdouchoi” appears- reportedἀπήγγειλανapēngeilan
report, tell
Report, announce, tell what happened.
Where else “apēngeilan” appears- wordsῥήματαrhēmata
word
What comes out of someone's mouth: a saying, a sentence, a message.
Where else “rhēmata” appears- to the magistratesστρατηγοῖςstratēgois
magistrate
An official of a Roman city.
Where else “stratēgois” appears- they were afraidἐφοβήθησανephobēthēsan
be afraid
To be afraid: "do not fear".
Where else “ephobēthēsan” appears- when they heardἀκούσαντεςakousantes
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akousantes” appears- they wereεἰσινeisin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appears- RomansῬωμαῖοίRhōmaioi
Roman
Roman.
Where else “Rhōmaioi” appears
The context
37But 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.”
38 · This verse (above)
39And they came and appealed to them, and bringing them out, they asked them to go away from the city.
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?