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Andδὲthey arrivedκατήντησανatεἰςEphesus,Ἔφεσονand he left themκἀκείνους κατέλιπενthere,αὐτοῦbutδὲhe himselfαὐτὸςwentεἰσελθὼνintoεἰςthe synagogueτὴν συναγωγὴνandreasonedδιελέξατοwith the Jews.τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις
Acts 18:19
Study it in the app“And they arrived at Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 18:19, word by word
- they arrivedκατήντησανkatēntēsan
arrive
To end a journey at a city or place.
Where else “katēntēsan” appears- EphesusἜφεσονEpheson
Ephesus
See it on the mapWhere else “Epheson” appears- and he left themκἀκείνουςkakeinous
and that one
And that one, he too; and that.
Where else “kakeinous” appears- and he left themκατέλιπενkatelipen
leave
To go away from a place or person without taking it along.
Where else “katelipen” appears- thereαὐτοῦautou
here, there
"Here", "there", in that place.
Where else “autou” appears- wentεἰσελθὼνeiselthōn
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthōn” appears- the synagogueσυναγωγὴνsynagōgēn
synagogue
Synagogue: the gathering of Jews to read Scripture and pray, and the building where they met.
Where else “synagōgēn” appears- reasonedδιελέξατοdielexato
reason
To talk and debate with others about something.
Where else “dielexato” appears- with the JewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaiois
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiois” appears
Places in this verse
Ephesus
Today: Ephesus ruins, near Selçuk, Turkey
A great port city on the west coast of present-day Turkey.
Paul lived there about three years, teaching (Acts 19:1, 10; 20:31). The letter to the Ephesians and the first message in Revelation are addressed to its assembly (Eph 1:1; Rev 2:1).
The context
18And Paul, having stayed many more days, took leave of the brothers and sailed away for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila, having had his head shaved in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
19 · This verse (above)
20And when they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,
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?