Study it in the app“And after he had spent three months there, when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.”
Andτεafter he had spentποιήσαςthreeτρεῖςmonths there,μῆναςwhen a plotἐπιβουλῆςwas madeγενομένηςagainst himαὐτῷbyὑπὸthe Jewsτῶν Ἰουδαίωνas he was aboutμέλλοντιto set sailἀνάγεσθαιforεἰςSyria,τὴν Συρίανhe decidedἐγένετο γνώμης τοῦto returnὑποστρέφεινthroughδιὰMacedonia.Μακεδονίας
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsas” appearsthree
Three.
Where else “treis” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, one of the twelve parts of the year.
Where else “mēnas” appearsplot
Plot: a plan against someone.
Where else “epiboulēs” appearshappen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “genomenēs” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiōn” appearsbe about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellonti” appearsset sail
To set out to sea by boat.
Where else “anagesthai” appearsSyria
See it on the mapWhere else “Syrian” appearsdecision
What someone decides or agrees to of his own will.
Where else “gnōmēs” appearsreturn, turn back
Return, turn back, go back to where one came from.
Where else “hypostrephein” appearsMacedonia
See it on the mapWhere else “Makedonias” appears1Syria
Today: Syria (plus parts of southern Turkey and Lebanon)
A region north of Israel around Antioch and Damascus; today it is the country of Syria, and part lies in Turkey.
When Jesus was born, Quirinius governed Syria (Luke 2:2). Paul passed through Syria on his journeys and strengthened the assemblies (Acts 15:41).
2Macedonia
Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria
A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.
Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).
2And when he had gone through those regions and encouraged them with many words, he came to Greece.
3 · This verse (above)
4And there accompanied him Sopater son of Pyrrhus, from Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and from Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
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?
