Acts 18:9–10
The Lord encourages Paul at night to speak and not be silent
Study it word by word9And the Lord said at night through a vision to Paul, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not be silent,
10because I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”
In its context
7And moving on from there, he went into the house of a certain man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8And Crispus, the synagogue leader, believed in the Lord together with his whole household, and many of the Corinthians who heard were believing and being immersed.
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11And he settled there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.
12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Its words in the original
- εἶπενeipen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- κύριοςkyrios· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- νυκτὶnykti· night
Night. "By night".
- ὁράματοςhoramatos· vision, sight
Vision, sight, what one sees.
- ΠαύλῳPaulōi· Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
- φοβοῦphobou· fear, be afraid
Fear, be afraid; also show reverent respect.
- λάλειlalei· speak
Speak, talk.
- σιωπήσῃςsiōpēsēis· be silent
Be silent, keep quiet.
- διότιdioti· because
"Because", "for", "since".
- εἰμιeimi· be
Be, exist.
- ἐπιθήσεταίepithēsetai· put on, lay on
Put on, lay on.
- κακῶσαίkakōsai· mistreat, harm
Mistreat, do harm to someone; also turn their minds against, embitter.
- λαόςlaos· people
People. Often the people of Israel.
- πολὺςpolys· much, many
Much, great; in the plural, many.
- πόλειpolei· city, town
City, town.