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Sincethenοὖνthese thingsτούτωνareὄντωνundeniable,ἀναντιρρήτωνit is necessaryδέον ἐστὶνfor youὑμᾶςto beὑπάρχεινcalmκατεσταλμένουςandκαὶto doπράσσεινnothingμηδὲνrash.προπετὲς
Acts 19:36
Study it in the app“Since then these things are undeniable, it is necessary for you to be calm and to do nothing rash.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:36, word by word
- areὄντωνontōn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ontōn” appears- undeniableἀναντιρρήτωνanantirrētōn
undeniable
Undeniable, not to be contradicted.
Where else “anantirrētōn” appears- it is necessaryδέονdeon
General meaning: Beg, pray.
Where else “deon” appears- to beὑπάρχεινhyparchein
be
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hyparchein” appears- calmκατεσταλμένουςkatestalmenous
calm, quiet
Calm, quiet a crowd; restrain.
Where else “katestalmenous” appears- to doπράσσεινprassein
do
To carry out something, often evil.
Where else “prassein” appears- nothingμηδὲνmēden
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēden” appears- rashπροπετὲςpropetes
rash, reckless
Rash, reckless; done hastily, without thinking.
Where else “propetes” appears
The context
35And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he says, “Men of Ephesus, who indeed is there among people who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the image fallen from heaven?
36 · This verse (above)
37For you have brought these men here, who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
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?