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Andδὲwe,Ἡμεῖςhaving completedδιανύσαντεςthe voyageτὸν πλοῦνfromἀπὸTyre,ΤύρουarrivedκατηντήσαμενatεἰςPtolemais,Πτολεμαΐδαandκαὶhaving greetedἀσπασάμενοιthe brothers,τοὺς ἀδελφοὺςwe stayedἐμείναμενoneμίανdayἡμέρανwithπαρ’them.αὐτοῖς
Acts 21:7
Study it in the app“And we, having completed the voyage from Tyre, arrived at Ptolemais, and having greeted the brothers, we stayed one day with them.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 21:7, word by word
- having completedδιανύσαντεςdianysantes
complete, finish
Complete, finish; carry on to the end.
Where else “dianysantes” appears- the voyageπλοῦνploun
voyage
Voyage, journey by sea.
Where else “ploun” appears- TyreΤύρουTyrou
Tyre
See it on the mapWhere else “Tyrou” appears- arrivedκατηντήσαμενkatēntēsamen
arrive
To end a journey at a city or place.
Where else “katēntēsamen” appears- PtolemaisΠτολεμαΐδαPtolemaida
Ptolemais
Ptolemais, a port on the coast of Phoenicia, the ancient Acco.
Where else “Ptolemaida” appears- having greetedἀσπασάμενοιaspasamenoi
greet
To greet.
Where else “aspasamenoi” appears- the brothersἀδελφοὺςadelphous
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphous” appears- we stayedἐμείναμενemeinamen
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “emeinamen” appears- oneμίανmian
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “mian” appears- dayἡμέρανhēmeran
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeran” appears
Places in this verse
Tyre
Today: Tyre (Sour), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Israel's present border.
Its king Hiram helped David and Solomon with timber and workers (1 Kgs 5:1). Ezekiel announced its fall (Ezek 27:2), and Jesus mentioned it when rebuking towns that did not change their minds (Matt 11:21).
The context
6we said farewell to one another and went on board the ship, and they returned to their own homes.
7 · This verse (above)
8And on the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him.
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?