Study it in the app“But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly fall dead. But after they had waited a long time and seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their view and were saying that he was a god.”
Butδὲtheyοἱwere expectingπροσεδόκωνthat heαὐτὸνwas goingμέλλεινto swell upπίμπρασθαιorἢsuddenlyἄφνωfallκαταπίπτεινdead.νεκρόνButδὲafter theyαὐτῶνhad waitedπροσδοκώντωνa long timeἐπὶ πολὺandκαὶseenθεωρούντωνnothingμηδὲνunusualἄτοπονhappenγινόμενονtoεἰςhim,αὐτὸνthey changed their viewμεταβαλόμενοιandwere sayingἔλεγονthat heαὐτὸνwasεἶναιa god.θεόν
wait for, expect
Wait for, look for, expect someone or something.
Where else “prosedokōn” appearsbe about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellein” appearsswell up, burn
Swell up, become inflamed; also burn.
Where else “pimprasthai” appearssuddenly
Suddenly.
Where else “aphnō” appearsfall down
Fall down.
Where else “katapiptein” appearsdead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekron” appearsmore
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “poly” appearswatch
To observe something closely.
Where else “theōrountōn” appearsno one, nothing
No one, nothing.
Where else “mēden” appearsunusual
Odd, out of the ordinary.
Where else “atopon” appearshappen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “ginomenon” appearschange one's mind
Change one's mind, think differently.
Where else “metabalomenoi” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegon” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appearsgod
A god of other peoples.
Where else “theon” appears5However, he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.
6 · This verse (above)
7Now in the parts around that place there were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and hosted us kindly for three days.
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?
