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ButδὲPaulὁ Παῦλοςsaid,εἶπεν“IἘγὼamεἰμιa JewishἸουδαῖοςman,ἄνθρωποςfrom TarsusΤαρσεὺςin Cilicia,τῆς Κιλικίαςa citizenπολίτηςof noοὐκinsignificantἀσήμουcity;πόλεωςandδέI begδέομαιyou,σουallowἐπίτρεψόνmeμοιto speakλαλῆσαιtoπρὸςthe people.”τὸν λαόν
Acts 21:39
Study it in the app“But Paul said, “I am a Jewish man, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:39, word by word
- PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulos” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- amεἰμιeimi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appears- a JewishἸουδαῖοςIoudaios
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaios” appears- manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- from TarsusΤαρσεὺςTarseus
of Tarsus
A man of Tarsus, a native of the city of Tarsus.
Where else “Tarseus” appears- in CiliciaΚιλικίαςKilikias
Cilicia
Cilicia, a region in the south-east of present-day Turkey; its capital was Tarsus.
Where else “Kilikias” appears- a citizenπολίτηςpolitēs
citizen
Citizen; a fellow citizen.
Where else “politēs” appears- insignificantἀσήμουasēmou
insignificant, obscure
Insignificant, obscure, unknown.
Where else “asēmou” appears- cityπόλεωςpoleōs
city, town
City, town.
Where else “poleōs” appears- I begδέομαιdeomai
beg
To implore someone for something.
Where else “deomai” appears- allowἐπίτρεψόνepitrepson
permit
Permit, allow.
Where else “epitrepson” appears- to speakλαλῆσαιlalēsai
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalēsai” appears- the peopleλαόνlaon
crowd
The crowd gathered to listen.
Where else “laon” appears
The context
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?”
39 · This verse (above)
40And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people; and when there was a great silence, he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying,
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?