Study it in the app“And it happened after three days that he called together the leading men of the Jews; and when they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,”
Andδὲit happenedἘγένετοafterμετὰthreeτρεῖςdaysἡμέραςthatheαὐτὸνcalled togetherσυγκαλέσασθαιthe leading menτοὺς ὄντας πρώτουςof the Jews;τῶν Ἰουδαίωνandδὲwhen theyαὐτῶνhad come together,συνελθόντωνhe saidἔλεγενtoπρὸςthem,αὐτούς“I,Ἐγώbrothers,ἄνδρες ἀδελφοίthough I had doneποιήσαςnothingοὐδὲνagainstἐναντίονthe peopleτῷ λαῷorἢthe customsτοῖς ἔθεσιof our fathers,τοῖς πατρῴοιςwas handed overπαρεδόθηνas a prisonerδέσμιοςfromἐξJerusalemἹεροσολύμωνintoεἰςthe handsτὰς χεῖραςof the Romans,τῶν Ῥωμαίων
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “Egeneto” appearsthree
Three.
Where else “treis” appearsday
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appearscall together
Call together, assemble.
Where else “synkalesasthai” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ontas” appearsleading
The most important.
Where else “prōtous” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiōn” appearscome together
To assemble in one place.
Where else “synelthontōn” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegen” appearsman
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andres” appearsfellow countryman
A neighbor, someone of the same people.
Where else “adelphoi” appearsdo
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēsas” appearsopponent
The one who opposes; the enemy.
Where else “enantion” appearspeople
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laōi” appearscustom
Custom.
Where else “ethesi” appearsancestral
Ancestral: of one's fathers, received from one's ancestors.
Where else “patrōiois” appearsbetray
To give someone up to enemies, betray them.
Where else “paredothēn” appearsprisoner
Prisoner.
Where else “desmios” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Hierosolymōn” appearshand
The part of the body at the end of the arm, used to hold and touch.
Where else “cheiras” appearsRoman
Roman.
Where else “Rhōmaiōn” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
16And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
17 · This verse (above)
18who, when they had examined me, wanted to release me because there was no cause for death in me.
1. What it says
How did the people of Malta treat the shipwrecked, and what happened to Paul and the viper? (vv. 1-6)
2. What it means
The last verses say Paul proclaimed the kingdom of God "without hindrance" (vv. 30-31). What does it suggest to you that the book ends this way?
3. How I live it
The people of the island welcomed strangers with kindness (v. 2). Whom could you welcome or help this week?
