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Andδὲthere wereἦσανin allοἱ πάντεςaboutὡσεὶtwelveδώδεκαmen.ἄνδρες
Acts 19:7
Study it in the app“And there were in all about twelve men.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:7, word by word
- there wereἦσανēsan
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēsan” appears- aboutὡσεὶhōsei
about
Roughly, with numbers.
Where else “hōsei” appears- twelveδώδεκαdōdeka
twelve
The quantity twelve, the number of the tribes of Israel.
Where else “dōdeka” appears- menἄνδρεςandres
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andres” appears
The context
6And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they were speaking in tongues and prophesying.
7 · This verse (above)
8And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading about the kingdom of God.
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?