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andκαὶneitherοὔτεinἐνthe templeτῷ ἱερῷdid they findεὗρόνmeμεarguingδιαλεγόμενονwithπρόςanyoneτιναorἢstirring upἐπίστασιν ποιοῦνταa crowd,ὄχλουnorοὔτεinἐνthe synagoguesταῖς συναγωγαῖςnorοὔτεthroughoutκατὰthe city;τὴν πόλιν
Acts 24:12
Study it in the app“and neither in the temple did they find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues nor throughout the city;”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 24:12, word by word
- neitherοὔτεoute
neither, nor
Neither, nor.
Where else “oute” appears- the templeἱερῷhierōi
temple
The whole sacred precinct in Jerusalem, with its courts and porches.
Where else “hierōi” appears- did they findεὗρόνheuron
find
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heuron” appears- arguingδιαλεγόμενονdialegomenon
reason
To talk and debate with others about something.
Where else “dialegomenon” appears- stirring upἐπίστασινepistasin
uproar
People banding together in an uproar against someone.
Where else “epistasin” appears- stirring upποιοῦνταpoiounta
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiounta” appears- a crowdὄχλουochlou
crowd
A lot of people together.
Where else “ochlou” appears- the synagoguesσυναγωγαῖςsynagōgais
synagogue
Synagogue: the gathering of Jews to read Scripture and pray, and the building where they met.
Where else “synagōgais” appears- the cityπόλινpolin
city, town
City, town.
Where else “polin” appears
The context
11as you can verify that it is not more than twelve days for me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem;
12 · This verse (above)
13nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.
To study Acts 24 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul talk about with Felix and Drusilla, and how does Felix react? (vv. 24-25)
2. What it means
Felix says, "When I get an opportunity, I will summon you" (v. 25). What does this show about how we sometimes put off what matters?
3. How I live it
What important matter have you been leaving for "when I have time"? What small step could you take today?