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serving the Lord as a slaveδουλεύων τῷ κυρίῳwithμετὰallπάσηςhumilityταπεινοφροσύνηςandκαὶtearsδακρύωνandκαὶtrialsπειρασμῶνthatτῶνhappenedσυμβάντωνto meμοιthroughἐνthe plotsταῖς ἐπιβουλαῖςof the Jews;τῶν Ἰουδαίων
Acts 20:19
Study it in the app“serving the Lord as a slave with all humility and tears and trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 20:19, word by word
- serving the Lord as a slaveδουλεύωνdouleuōn
be a slave
Serve as a slave, be wholly at someone's service.
Where else “douleuōn” appears- serving the Lord as a slaveκυρίῳkyriōi
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriōi” appears- humilityταπεινοφροσύνηςtapeinophrosynēs
humility
Humility: not thinking of oneself more highly than is right.
Where else “tapeinophrosynēs” appears- tearsδακρύωνdakryōn
tear
Tear.
Where else “dakryōn” appears- trialsπειρασμῶνpeirasmōn
trial
A hardship that tries faith.
Where else “peirasmōn” appears- happenedσυμβάντωνsymbantōn
happen
Happen, come about.
Where else “symbantōn” appears- the plotsἐπιβουλαῖςepiboulais
plot
Plot: a plan against someone.
Where else “epiboulais” appears- of the JewsἸουδαίωνIoudaiōn
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiōn” appears
The context
18And 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,
19 · This verse (above)
20how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,
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?