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who,οἵτινεςwhen they had examinedἀνακρίναντέςme,μεwantedἐβούλοντοto release meἀπολῦσαιbecauseδιὰ τὸthere wasὑπάρχεινnoμηδεμίανcauseαἰτίανfor deathθανάτουinἐνme.ἐμοί
Acts 28:18
Study it in the app“who, when they had examined me, wanted to release me because there was no cause for death in me.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 28:18, word by word
- when they had examinedἀνακρίναντέςanakrinantes
question
To question someone in a trial.
Where else “anakrinantes” appears- wantedἐβούλοντοeboulonto
want, intend
Want firmly, resolve, intend.
Where else “eboulonto” appears- to release meἀπολῦσαιapolysai
release
To set a prisoner free, or cancel a debt.
Where else “apolysai” appears- there wasὑπάρχεινhyparchein
be
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hyparchein” appears- noμηδεμίανmēdemian
no one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēdemian” appears- causeαἰτίανaitian
charge
The wrong charged against someone before a judge to condemn them.
Where else “aitian” appears- for deathθανάτουthanatou
death
The end of the body's life.
Where else “thanatou” appears
The context
17And 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,
18 · This verse (above)
19But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, not as though I had anything to accuse my nation of.
To study Acts 28 in a group
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?