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unlessἢit isaboutπερὶthisταύτηςoneμιᾶςstatementφωνῆςthatἧςI cried outἐκέκραξαwhile standingἑστὼςamongἐνthem,αὐτοῖς‘ConcerningΠερὶthe resurrectionἀναστάσεωςof the deadνεκρῶνIἐγὼam being judgedκρίνομαιtodayσήμερονbeforeἐφ’you.’”ὑμῶν
Acts 24:21
Study it in the app“unless it is about this one statement that I cried out while standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged today before you.’””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 24:21, word by word
- oneμιᾶςmias
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “mias” appears- statementφωνῆςphōnēs
voice
Someone's voice, or a shout.
Where else “phōnēs” appears- I cried outἐκέκραξαekekraxa
cry out
Shout, cry out.
Where else “ekekraxa” appears- while standingἑστὼςhestōs
stand
To stay upright on one's feet, or hold out without falling.
Where else “hestōs” appears- the resurrectionἀναστάσεωςanastaseōs
resurrection
Coming back to life after death.
Where else “anastaseōs” appears- of the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- am being judgedκρίνομαιkrinomai
judge
To hear a case and give sentence, as God will do with the world.
Where else “krinomai” appears- todayσήμερονsēmeron
today
Today.
Where else “sēmeron” appears
The context
20Or let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,
21 · This verse (above)
22But Felix, knowing rather accurately the things about the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”
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?