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forγὰρthe Spirithadἦνnot yetοὐδέπωfallenἐπιπεπτωκόςonἐπ’anyοὐδενὶof them;αὐτῶνthey hadὑπῆρχονonlyμόνονbeen immersedβεβαπτισμένοιintoεἰςthe nameτὸ ὄνομαof the Lordτοῦ κυρίουJesus.Ἰησοῦ
Acts 8:16
Study it in the app“for the Spirit had not yet fallen on any of them; they had only been immersed into the name of the Lord Jesus.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 8:16, word by word
- hadἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- not yetοὐδέπωoudepō
not yet
Not yet.
Where else “oudepō” appears- fallenἐπιπεπτωκόςepipeptōkos
fall upon
To come upon someone, like the Spirit or fear.
Where else “epipeptōkos” appears- they hadὑπῆρχονhypērchon
be
To exist, or to be already in a condition.
Where else “hypērchon” appears- onlyμόνονmonon
only
Nothing beyond that: bread is not enough to live.
Where else “monon” appears- been immersedβεβαπτισμένοιbebaptismenoi
immerse
To put someone into water; "baptize" comes from it.
Where else “bebaptismenoi” appears- the nameὄνομαonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- of the Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears- JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears
The context
15who went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
16 · This verse (above)
17Then they laid their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.
To study Acts 8 in a group
1. What it says
What is the Ethiopian eunuch reading in his chariot, and what does Philip do when he approaches? (vv. 27-35)
2. What it means
The eunuch asks whom the prophet is speaking about and admits he needs a guide. Why is it valuable to ask? (vv. 30-34)
3. How I live it
Who has helped you understand something difficult? How can you explain patiently to someone who asks you?