Study it in the app“And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.”
Andδὲthisτοῦτοbecameἐγένετοknownγνωστὸνto all,πᾶσινbothτεJewsἸουδαίοιςandκαὶGreeks,Ἕλλησινwho lived inτοῖς κατοικοῦσινEphesus,τὴν Ἔφεσονandκαὶfearφόβοςfellἐπέπεσενuponἐπὶthem all,πάντας αὐτούςandκαὶthe nameτὸ ὄνομαof the Lordτοῦ κυρίουJesusἸησοῦwas being magnified.ἐμεγαλύνετο
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egeneto” appearsknown
Something everyone is aware of.
Where else “gnōston” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiois” appearsGentile
Someone who is not a Jew.
Where else “Hellēsin” appearsdwell, live
Dwell, live in a place, inhabit.
Where else “katoikousin” appearsEphesus
See it on the mapWhere else “Epheson” appearsfear
The fear that seizes one before danger or something terrible.
Where else “phobos” appearsfall upon
To come upon someone, like the Spirit or fear.
Where else “epepesen” appearsname
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearsmagnify
To speak of someone's greatness.
Where else “emegalyneto” appearsEphesus
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).
16And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered both and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 · This verse (above)
18And many of those who had believed were coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
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?
