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testifyingδιαμαρτυρόμενοςto bothτεJewsἸουδαίοιςandκαὶGreeksἝλλησινof the change of mindτὴν μετάνοιανtowardεἰςGodθεὸνandκαὶfaithπίστινinεἰςourἡμῶνLordτὸν κύριονJesus.Ἰησοῦν
Acts 20:21
Study it in the app“testifying to both Jews and Greeks of the change of mind toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 20:21, word by word
- testifyingδιαμαρτυρόμενοςdiamartyromenos
testify
To declare something in all seriousness.
Where else “diamartyromenos” appears- JewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaiois
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiois” appears- GreeksἝλλησινHellēsin
Gentile
Someone who is not a Jew.
Where else “Hellēsin” appears- of the change of mindμετάνοιανmetanoian
change of mind
Change of mind: turning around one's way of thinking and of living to return to God. It is usually translated "repentance".
Where else “metanoian” appears- Godθεὸνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- faithπίστινpistin
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pistin” appears- Lordκύριονkyrion
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrion” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears
The context
20how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,
21 · This verse (above)
22And now look, bound in the spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,
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?