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Andκαὶafter greetingἀσπασάμενοςthem,αὐτοὺςhe relatedἐξηγεῖτοone by oneκαθ’ ἓν ἕκαστονthe thingsὧνthat Godὁ θεὸςhad doneἐποίησενamongἐνthe nationsτοῖς ἔθνεσινthroughδιὰhisαὐτοῦservice.τῆς διακονίας
Acts 21:19
Study it in the app“And after greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the nations through his service.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:19, word by word
- after greetingἀσπασάμενοςaspasamenos
greet
To greet.
Where else “aspasamenos” appears- he relatedἐξηγεῖτοexēgeito
make known, explain
Tell, explain, make known.
Where else “exēgeito” appears- one by oneἓνhen
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hen” appears- one by oneἕκαστονhekaston
each
Each, each one.
Where else “hekaston” appears- that Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- had doneἐποίησενepoiēsen
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “epoiēsen” appears- the nationsἔθνεσινethnesin
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnesin” appears- serviceδιακονίαςdiakonias
service
One's task in God's work.
Where else “diakonias” appears
The context
18And on the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
19 · This verse (above)
20And when they heard it, they glorified God, and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many tens of thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law;
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?