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Andδὲwhenὡςthey cameπαρεγένοντοtoπρὸςhim,αὐτὸνhe saidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“YouὙμεῖςknowἐπίστασθεfromἀπὸthe firstπρώτηςdayἡμέραςon whichἀφ’ ἧςI set footἐπέβηνinεἰςAsia,τὴν ἈσίανhowπῶςI wasἐγενόμηνwithμεθ’youὑμῶνthe wholeτὸν πάνταtime,χρόνον
Acts 20:18
Study it in the app“And when they came to him, he said to them, “You know from the first day on which I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 20:18, word by word
- they cameπαρεγένοντοparegenonto
arrive, come
Arrive, come, be present.
Where else “paregenonto” appears- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- knowἐπίστασθεepistasthe
understand
Understand, know.
Where else “epistasthe” appears- the firstπρώτηςprōtēs
first
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōtēs” appears- dayἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears- I set footἐπέβηνepebēn
mount, board, arrive
Mount, get up on an animal; board a ship; set foot in, arrive.
Where else “epebēn” appears- AsiaἈσίανAsian
Asia
See it on the mapWhere else “Asian” appears- I wasἐγενόμηνegenomēn
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egenomēn” appears- timeχρόνονchronon
time
Time; a span of time.
Where else “chronon” appears
Places in this verse
Asia
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
17And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the assembly.
18 · This verse (above)
19serving the Lord as a slave with all humility and tears and trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;
To study Acts 20 in a group
1. What it says
What happens to Eutychus while Paul speaks for so long, and how does the night end? (vv. 7-12)
2. What it means
In his farewell to the Ephesian elders, Paul recalls Jesus' words about giving. What do they say, and why does he quote them? (vv. 33-35)
3. How I live it
Paul worked with his hands to help the weak (vv. 34-35). What can you give someone today, in time or attention?