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Andδὲit happenedἘγένετοwhileἐν τῷApollosτὸν ἈπολλῶwasεἶναιinἐνCorinthΚορίνθῳthatPaul,Παῦλονhaving passed throughδιελθόνταthe inlandτὰ ἀνωτερικὰregions,μέρηcameἐλθεῖνtoεἰςEphesusἜφεσονandκαὶfoundεὑρεῖνsomeτιναςdisciples.μαθητάς
Acts 19:1
Study it in the app“And it happened while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul, having passed through the inland regions, came to Ephesus and found some disciples.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:1, word by word
- it happenedἘγένετοEgeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “Egeneto” appears- ApollosἈπολλῶApollō
Apollos
Apollos, a Jew from Alexandria, eloquent and learned in the Scriptures, who later served in Corinth.
Where else “Apollō” appears- wasεἶναιeinai
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “einai” appears- CorinthΚορίνθῳKorinthōi
Corinth
See it on the mapWhere else “Korinthōi” appears- PaulΠαῦλονPaulon
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulon” appears- having passed throughδιελθόνταdielthonta
go about
To go from place to place, or for news to spread.
Where else “dielthonta” appears- the inlandἀνωτερικὰanōterika
upper, inland
Upper; the inland regions, higher than the coast.
Where else “anōterika” appears- regionsμέρηmerē
region
The territory around a city or a country.
Where else “merē” appears- cameἐλθεῖνelthein
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthein” appears- EphesusἜφεσονEpheson
Ephesus
See it on the mapWhere else “Epheson” appears- foundεὑρεῖνheurein
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurein” appears- disciplesμαθητάςmathētas
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētas” appears
Places in this verse
1Corinth
Today: Ancient Corinth, near Corinth, Greece
A city in southern Greece, on the isthmus joining the north to the Peloponnese, between two seas.
Paul stayed there a year and a half and started the assembly (Acts 18:1, 11). He wrote it at least two letters (1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1).
2Ephesus
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
1 · This verse (above)
2And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “But we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”
To study Acts 19 in a group
1. What it says
What did those in Ephesus who practiced magic do with their books? (vv. 18-20)
2. What it means
Why did Demetrius and the silversmiths stir up a riot against Paul? What really worried them? (vv. 23-27)
3. How I live it
The people of Ephesus gave up something costly to follow what they now believed (v. 19). What would you be willing to let go of to live more truthfully?