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Soοὖνdoποίησονthisτοῦτοthatὅwe tellλέγομενyou:σοιwe haveεἰσὶν ἡμῖνfourτέσσαρεςmenἄνδρεςwho haveἔχοντεςa vowεὐχὴνonἀφ’themselves.ἑαυτῶν
Acts 21:23
Study it in the app“So do this that we tell you: we have four men who have a vow on themselves.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:23, word by word
- doποίησονpoiēson
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēson” appears- we tellλέγομενlegomen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legomen” appears- we haveεἰσὶνeisin
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “eisin” appears- fourτέσσαρεςtessares
four
Four.
Where else “tessares” appears- menἄνδρεςandres
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andres” appears- who haveἔχοντεςechontes
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontes” appears- a vowεὐχὴνeuchēn
vow
A solemn promise made to God.
Where else “euchēn” appears
The context
22So what is it? They will certainly hear that you have come.
23 · This verse (above)
24Take these men, purify yourself with them, and pay the expenses for them so that they may shave their head, and all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk in order, keeping 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?