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Andδὲthisτοῦτοwent onἐγένετοforἐπὶtwoδύοyears,ἔτηso thatὥστεallπάνταςwho livedτοὺς κατοικοῦνταςin Asiaτὴν Ἀσίανheardἀκοῦσαιthe wordτὸν λόγονof the Lord,τοῦ κυρίουbothτεJewsἸουδαίουςandκαὶGreeks.Ἕλληνας
Acts 19:10
Study it in the app“And this went on for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:10, word by word
- went onἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- twoδύοdyo
two
Two.
Where else “dyo” appears- yearsἔτηetē
year
Year.
Where else “etē” appears- so thatὥστεhōste
so that
So much that, to the point that.
Where else “hōste” appears- who livedκατοικοῦνταςkatoikountas
dwell, live
Dwell, live in a place, inhabit.
Where else “katoikountas” appears- in AsiaἈσίανAsian
Asia
See it on the mapWhere else “Asian” appears- heardἀκοῦσαιakousai
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akousai” appears- the wordλόγονlogon
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logon” appears- of the Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears- JewsἸουδαίουςIoudaious
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaious” appears- GreeksἝλληναςHellēnas
Gentile
Someone who is not a Jew.
Where else “Hellēnas” appears
Places in this verse
Asia
Today: western Turkey (western Anatolia)
A Roman province in what is now western Turkey, with Ephesus as its main city.
Paul taught two years in Ephesus, and everyone in the province heard the word of the Lord (Acts 19:10). The seven assemblies of Revelation were there (Rev 1:4).
The context
9But when some were hardened and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
10 · This verse (above)
11And God was doing extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
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?