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Andτεmanyπολλοίof those who had believedτῶν πεπιστευκότωνwere coming,ἤρχοντοconfessingἐξομολογούμενοιandκαὶdisclosingἀναγγέλλοντεςtheirαὐτῶνpractices.τὰς πράξεις
Acts 19:18
Study it in the app“And many of those who had believed were coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:18, word by word
- manyπολλοίpolloi
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polloi” appears- of those who had believedπεπιστευκότωνpepisteukotōn
trust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pepisteukotōn” appears- were comingἤρχοντοērchonto
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “ērchonto” appears- confessingἐξομολογούμενοιexomologoumenoi
confess
To admit something openly, like sins.
Where else “exomologoumenoi” appears- disclosingἀναγγέλλοντεςanangellontes
announce, tell
Announce, tell, make something clearly known.
Where else “anangellontes” appears- practicesπράξειςpraxeis
deed, function
A deed, what someone does, conduct; also a function or task.
Where else “praxeis” appears
The context
17And 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.
18 · This verse (above)
19And a number of those who had practiced magic brought together their books and were burning them before everyone; and they counted up their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
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?