Study it in the app“And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,”
AndδὲwhenὩςthe sevenαἱ ἑπτὰdaysἡμέραιwere aboutἔμελλονto be completed,συντελεῖσθαιthe Jewsοἱ ἸουδαῖοιfromἀπὸAsia,τῆς Ἀσίαςhaving seenθεασάμενοιhimαὐτὸνinἐνthe temple,τῷ ἱερῷstirred upσυνέχεονthe wholeπάνταcrowdτὸν ὄχλονandκαὶlaidἐπέβαλονhandsτὰς χεῖραςonἐπ’him,αὐτὸν
seven
Seven.
Where else “hepta” appearsday
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appearsbe about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “emellon” appearsfinish, fulfill
Bring to an end, finish; be fulfilled.
Where else “synteleisthai” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaioi” appearsAsia
See it on the mapWhere else “Asias” appearssee, behold
See, look at closely, behold.
Where else “theasamenoi” appearstemple
The whole sacred precinct in Jerusalem, with its courts and porches.
Where else “hierōi” appearsstir up
Agitate a crowd; be in tumult.
Where else “synecheon” appearscrowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlon” appearslay on
To put something on something else; also to seize someone.
Where else “epebalon” appearshand
The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.
Where else “cheiras” appearsAsia
Today: western Turkey (western Anatolia)
A Roman province in what is now western Turkey, with Ephesus as its main city.
Paul taught two years in Ephesus, and everyone in the province heard the word of the Lord (Acts 19:10). The seven assemblies of Revelation were there (Rev 1:4).
26Then Paul took the men, and on the next day, having purified himself with them, he went into the temple, announcing the completion of the days of purification until the offering was presented for each of them.
27 · This verse (above)
28crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place; and moreover he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
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?
