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Butδὲthe sonὁ υἱὸςof Paul’sΠαύλουsister,τῆς ἀδελφῆςhaving heard ofἈκούσαςthe ambush,τὴν ἐνέδρανcameπαραγενόμενοςandκαὶenteredεἰσελθὼνintoεἰςthe barracksτὴν παρεμβολὴνandtoldἀπήγγειλενPaul.τῷ Παύλῳ
Acts 23:16
Study it in the app“But the son of Paul’s sister, having heard of the ambush, came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 23:16, word by word
- the sonυἱὸςhuios
son
A son.
Where else “huios” appears- of Paul’sΠαύλουPaulou
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulou” appears- sisterἀδελφῆςadelphēs
sister
A woman born of the same parents as another.
Where else “adelphēs” appears- having heard ofἈκούσαςAkousas
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “Akousas” appears- the ambushἐνέδρανenedran
ambush
Ambush: lying in wait to attack by surprise.
Where else “enedran” appears- cameπαραγενόμενοςparagenomenos
arrive, come
Arrive, come, be present.
Where else “paragenomenos” appears- enteredεἰσελθὼνeiselthōn
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthōn” appears- the barracksπαρεμβολὴνparembolēn
barracks
The fortress where Roman soldiers lived in Jerusalem.
Where else “parembolēn” appears- toldἀπήγγειλενapēngeilen
report, tell
Report, announce, tell what happened.
Where else “apēngeilen” appears
The context
15Now therefore you, together with the council, notify the commander so that he may bring down him to you, as though you were going to determine more exactly the things about him; and we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
16 · This verse (above)
17And Paul, calling one of the centurions, said, “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.”
To study Acts 23 in a group
1. What it says
What does the Lord say to Paul the night after his appearance before the council? (v. 11)
2. What it means
Paul's nephew learns of a plot and reports it. What does the commander do with that information? (vv. 12-24)
3. How I live it
Paul was encouraged at a moment of great tension (v. 11). Who encouraged you when you needed it, and how can you do that for someone else?