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becauseδιότιIἐγώamεἰμιwithμετὰyou,σοῦandκαὶno oneοὐδεὶςwill attackἐπιθήσεταίyouσοιto harmτοῦ κακῶσαίyou,σεbecauseδιότιI haveἐστί μοιmanyπολὺςpeopleλαόςinἐνthisταύτῃcity.”τῇ πόλει
Acts 18:10
Study it in the app“because I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.””
The Lord encourages Paul at night to speak and not be silentCourage
With the Greek beneath
Acts 18:10, word by word
- becauseδιότιdioti
because
"Because", "for", "since".
Where else “dioti” appears- amεἰμιeimi
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “eimi” appears- will attackἐπιθήσεταίepithēsetai
add
To add something to what is there, or to set upon someone.
Where else “epithēsetai” appears- to harmκακῶσαίkakōsai
mistreat
To treat someone cruelly and cause them suffering.
Where else “kakōsai” appears- manyπολὺςpolys
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polys” appears- peopleλαόςlaos
people
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laos” appears- cityπόλειpolei
city, town
City, town.
Where else “polei” appears
The context
9And the Lord said at night through a vision to Paul, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not be silent,
10 · This verse (above)
11And he settled there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.
To study Acts 18 in a group
1. What it says
With whom does Paul stay in Corinth, and what work did they do? (vv. 1-3)
2. What it means
Priscilla and Aquila take Apollos aside to explain the Way to him more accurately. How do they go about it? (vv. 24-26)
3. How I live it
Who has kindly helped you see something more clearly? How do you receive correction from another person?