crying out,κράζοντες“MenἌνδρεςof Israel,Ἰσραηλῖταιhelp!βοηθεῖτεThisοὗτόςisἐστινthe manὁ ἄνθρωποςwhoὁteachesδιδάσκωνeveryoneπάνταςeverywhereπανταχῇagainstκατὰthe peopleτοῦ λαοῦandκαὶthe lawτοῦ νόμουandκαὶthisτούτουplace;τοῦ τόπουandτεmoreoverἔτιhe has evenκαὶbroughtεἰσήγαγενGreeksἝλληναςintoεἰςthe templeτὸ ἱερὸνandκαὶhas defiledκεκοίνωκενthisτοῦτονholyἅγιονplace.”τὸν τόπον
Acts 21:28
Study it in the app“crying 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.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:28, word by word
- crying outκράζοντεςkrazontes
cry out
Shout, cry out.
Where else “krazontes” appears- “MenἌνδρεςAndres
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “Andres” appears- of IsraelἸσραηλῖταιIsraēlitai
Israelite
Israelite.
Where else “Israēlitai” appears- helpβοηθεῖτεboētheite
help
Help, come to the aid of.
Where else “boētheite” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- teachesδιδάσκωνdidaskōn
teach
Teach.
Where else “didaskōn” appears- everywhereπανταχῇpantachēi
everywhere
Everywhere, in every place.
Where else “pantachēi” appears- the peopleλαοῦlaou
people
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laou” appears- the lawνόμουnomou
law
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appears- placeτόπουtopou
place
A specific spot where something is or happens.
Where else “topou” appears- broughtεἰσήγαγενeisēgagen
bring in
Bring in, lead in.
Where else “eisēgagen” appears- GreeksἝλληναςHellēnas
Gentile
Someone who is not a Jew.
Where else “Hellēnas” appears- the templeἱερὸνhieron
temple
The whole sacred precinct in Jerusalem, with its courts and porches.
Where else “hieron” appears- has defiledκεκοίνωκενkekoinōken
defile
To leave someone stained, without the purity God requires.
Where else “kekoinōken” appears- holyἅγιονhagion
holy place
Places and things set apart for God.
Where else “hagion” appears
The context
27And 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,
28 · This verse (above)
29For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
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?