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Andδὲwhen he would notμὴ αὐτοῦbe persuaded,πειθομένουwe fell silent,ἡσυχάσαμενsaying,εἰπόντες“The Lord’sΤοῦ κυρίουwillτὸ θέλημαbe done.”γινέσθω
Acts 21:14
Study it in the app“And when he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:14, word by word
- be persuadedπειθομένουpeithomenou
persuade
To lead another, by words, to think or do something.
Where else “peithomenou” appears- we fell silentἡσυχάσαμενhēsychasamen
keep silent
Stop speaking.
Where else “hēsychasamen” appears- sayingεἰπόντεςeipontes
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipontes” appears- “The Lord’sκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears- willθέλημαthelēma
will
Will: what someone wants and decides.
Where else “thelēma” appears- be doneγινέσθωginesthō
be it so
"Let it be so"; or "by no means!".
Where else “ginesthō” appears
The context
13Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And after these days we got ready and were going up to Jerusalem.
To study Acts 21 in a group
1. What it says
What does the prophet Agabus do, and what do the believers who hear him ask of Paul? (vv. 10-12)
2. What it means
What does Paul answer those who weep to keep him from going up to Jerusalem, and how do they react? (vv. 13-14)
3. How I live it
Paul's friends wanted to protect him, but in the end said "The Lord's will be done" (v. 14). When is it hard for you to let someone you love go?