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Andτεas Paulὁ Παῦλοςwas aboutΜέλλωνto be broughtεἰσάγεσθαιintoεἰςthe barracks,τὴν παρεμβολὴνhe saysλέγειto the commander,τῷ χιλιάρχῳ“MayΕἰ ἔξεστίνIμοιsayεἰπεῖνsomethingτιtoπρὸςyou?”σέAndδὲheὁsaid,ἔφη“Do you knowγινώσκειςGreek?Ἑλληνιστὶ
Acts 21:37
Study it in the app“And as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he says to the commander, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:37, word by word
- as PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulos” appears- was aboutΜέλλωνMellōn
be about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “Mellōn” appears- to be broughtεἰσάγεσθαιeisagesthai
bring in
Bring in, lead in.
Where else “eisagesthai” appears- the barracksπαρεμβολὴνparembolēn
barracks
The fortress where Roman soldiers lived in Jerusalem.
Where else “parembolēn” appears- he saysλέγειlegei
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legei” appears- to the commanderχιλιάρχῳchiliarchōi
commander
Commander: an officer over a thousand soldiers.
Where else “chiliarchōi” appears- “Mayἔξεστίνexestin
it is lawful
It is permitted, it is lawful under the law.
Where else “exestin” appears- saidἔφηephē
say
Say.
Where else “ephē” appears- “Do you knowγινώσκειςginōskeis
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “ginōskeis” appears- GreekἙλληνιστὶHellēnisti
in Greek
In Greek.
Where else “Hellēnisti” appears
The context
36for the multitude of the people was following, crying out, “Away with him!”
37 · This verse (above)
38Are you not, then, the Egyptian who before these days stirred up a revolt and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the sicarii?”
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?