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Andτεwith manyπλείοσινotherἑτέροιςwordsλόγοιςhe testifiedδιεμαρτύρατοandκαὶkept urgingπαρεκάλειthem,αὐτοὺςsaying,λέγων“Be savedΣώθητεfromἀπὸthisταύτηςcrookedτῆς σκολιᾶςgeneration.”τῆς γενεᾶς
Acts 2:40
Study it in the app“And with many other words he testified and kept urging them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 2:40, word by word
- with manyπλείοσινpleiosin
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pleiosin” appears- otherἑτέροιςheterois
other, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heterois” appears- wordsλόγοιςlogois
word
What someone says or teaches.
Where else “logois” appears- he testifiedδιεμαρτύρατοdiemartyrato
testify
To declare something in all seriousness.
Where else “diemartyrato” appears- kept urgingπαρεκάλειparekalei
urge
To spur someone on with words to do good.
Where else “parekalei” appears- sayingλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- “Be savedΣώθητεSōthēte
save
To rescue from sin and ruin.
Where else “Sōthēte” appears- crookedσκολιᾶςskolias
perverse
Twisted, unkind; severe.
Where else “skolias” appears- generationγενεᾶςgeneas
generation
Generation: the people born around the same time, or each step from parent to child in a family.
Where else “geneas” appears
The context
39For the promise is for you and for your children and for all those far away, as many as the Lord our God may call.”
40 · This verse (above)
41So those who received his word were immersed, and on that day about three thousand persons were added.
To study Acts 2 in a group
1. What it says
What happened on the day of Pentecost when the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, and what did the crowd hear? (vv. 4-8)
2. What it means
Peter explains what happened using the Scriptures and Jesus. What does he want the people to understand about Jesus? (vv. 22-36)
3. How I live it
The first believers shared teaching, meals and possessions (vv. 42-45). What could you share this week with someone close to you?