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we said farewell toἀπησπασάμεθαone anotherἀλλήλουςandκαὶwent on boardἐνέβημεν εἰςthe ship,τὸ πλοῖονandδὲtheyἐκεῖνοιreturnedὑπέστρεψανtoεἰςtheir own homes.τὰ ἴδια
Acts 21:6
Study it in the app“we said farewell to one another and went on board the ship, and they returned to their own homes.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:6, word by word
- we said farewell toἀπησπασάμεθαapēspasametha
withdraw
Tear oneself from someone.
Where else “apēspasametha” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears- went on boardἐνέβημενenebēmen
get into (a boat)
Get into (a boat), embark.
Where else “enebēmen” appears- the shipπλοῖονploion
boat
Boat.
Where else “ploion” appears- returnedὑπέστρεψανhypestrepsan
return, turn back
Return, turn back, go back to where one came from.
Where else “hypestrepsan” appears- their own homesἴδιαidia
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idia” appears
The context
5And when it happened that we had completed the days, we left and went on our way, all accompanying us, with wives and children, until we were outside the city; and kneeling on the beach and praying,
6 · This verse (above)
7And we, having completed the voyage from Tyre, arrived at Ptolemais, and having greeted the brothers, we stayed one day with them.
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?