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Andδὲhaving sentἀποστείλαςintoεἰςMacedoniaτὴν Μακεδονίανtwoδύοof those who servedτῶν διακονούντωνhim,αὐτῷTimothyΤιμόθεονandκαὶErastus,Ἔραστονhe himselfαὐτὸςstayedἐπέσχενfor a timeχρόνονinεἰςAsia.τὴν Ἀσίαν
Acts 19:22
Study it in the app“And having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed for a time in Asia.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:22, word by word
- having sentἀποστείλαςaposteilas
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “aposteilas” appears- MacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonian
Macedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedonian” appears- twoδύοdyo
two
Two.
Where else “dyo” appears- of those who servedδιακονούντωνdiakonountōn
serve
To take care of others, help with their needs.
Where else “diakonountōn” appears- TimothyΤιμόθεονTimotheon
Timothy
Timothy: a disciple and companion of Paul, of a Jewish mother and a Greek father.
Where else “Timotheon” appears- ErastusἜραστονEraston
Erastus
Erastus: a co-worker of Paul; a man of that name was city treasurer of Corinth.
Where else “Eraston” appears- stayedἐπέσχενepeschen
stay
To stay for a while.
Where else “epeschen” appears- for a timeχρόνονchronon
time
Time; a span of time.
Where else “chronon” appears- AsiaἈσίανAsian
Asia
See it on the mapWhere else “Asian” appears
Places in this verse
1Macedonia
Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria
A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.
Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).
2Asia
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
21And when these things were completed, Paul resolved in the spirit to go to Jerusalem after passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, I must see Rome also.”
22 · This verse (above)
23And there arose about that time no small disturbance concerning the Way.
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?