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Acts 16:1-5

The Gospel Enters Macedonia: Opened Hearts, Broken Chains, and Household Faith

Paul recruits Timothy, the Spirit redirects the missionary team to Macedonia, Lydia’s heart is opened to receive the gospel, a demonized slave girl is delivered, Paul and Silas are beaten and imprisoned, God shakes the prison, and the Philippian jailer and his household believe and are baptized.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.

2The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

3Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

4As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

5So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

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Verse 1

Cross-references

2 Timothy 1:5Classic cross-references1 Timothy 1:2Classic cross-references1 Corinthians 4:17Classic cross-references1 Thessalonians 3:2Classic cross-references2 Timothy 1:2Classic cross-references1 Corinthians 9:19-23OliveGrove study linksActs 15:1-11OliveGrove study linksGalatians 5:6OliveGrove study links

Original words

-δὲG1161Conjunction[Paul] cameΚατήντησενG2658Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctiontoεἰςG1519PrepositionDerbeΔέρβηνG1191Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularand thenκαὶG2532ConjunctiontoεἰςG1519PrepositionLystraΛύστρανG3082Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-καὶG2532Conjunction[where]ἐκεῖG1563Adverb-ἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[he found]ἰδοὺG2400Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularaτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine SingulardiscipleμαθητήςG3101Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularnamedὀνόματιG3686Noun - Dative Neuter SingularTimothyΤιμόθεοςG5095Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular[the] sonυἱὸςG5207Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof a believingπιστῆςG4103Adjective - Genitive Feminine SingularJewishἸουδαίαςG2453Adjective - Genitive Feminine SingularwomanγυναικὸςG1135Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularandδὲG1161Conjunctiona GreekἝλληνοςG1672Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularfatherπατρὸςG3962Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 2

Cross-references

1 Timothy 5:10Classic cross-references2 Timothy 3:15Classic cross-referencesActs 13:51Classic cross-references1 Corinthians 9:19-23OliveGrove study linksActs 15:1-11OliveGrove study linksGalatians 5:6OliveGrove study links

Original words

TheτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralbrothersἀδελφῶνG80Noun - Genitive Masculine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositionLystraΛύστροιςG3082Noun - Dative Neuter PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionIconiumἸκονίῳG2430Noun - Dative Neuter Singularspoke well ofἐμαρτυρεῖτοG3140Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular-ὑπὸG5259Preposition[him]ὃςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 3

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 9:20Classic cross-referencesGalatians 2:3Classic cross-referencesGalatians 5:6Classic cross-referencesGalatians 5:1Classic cross-references1 Corinthians 2:15Classic cross-references1 Corinthians 9:19-23OliveGrove study linksActs 15:1-11OliveGrove study links

Original words

-ὁG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularPaulΠαῦλοςG3972Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularwantedἠθέλησενG2309Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular[Timothy]τοῦτονG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singularto accompanyἐξελθεῖνG1831Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active. . .σὺνG4862PrepositionhimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular[so]καὶG2532Conjunctionhe took [him]λαβὼνG2983Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[and] circumcisedπεριέτεμενG4059Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularhimαὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singularon account ofδιὰG1223PrepositiontheτοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluralJewsἸουδαίουςG2453Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural-τοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine Plural-ὄνταςG1510Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositionthatἐκείνοιςG1565Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Masculine Plural-τοῖςG3588Article - Dative Masculine PluralareaτόποιςG5117Noun - Dative Masculine PluralforγὰρG1063ConjunctionvvvἅπαντεςG537Adjective - Nominative Masculine Pluralthey all knewᾔδεισανG1492Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralthatὅτιG3754ConjunctionhisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-ὁG3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularfatherπατὴρG3962Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularwasὑπῆρχενG5225Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara GreekἝλληνG1672Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Verse 4

Cross-references

Acts 15:28Classic cross-referencesActs 11:30Classic cross-referencesActs 15:41Classic cross-references1 Corinthians 9:21Classic cross-referencesActs 15:2Classic cross-references1 Corinthians 9:19-23OliveGrove study linksActs 15:1-11OliveGrove study linksGalatians 5:6OliveGrove study links

Original words

-δὲG1161ConjunctionAsὩςG5613Adverbthey went fromδιεπορεύοντοG1279Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural-τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Pluraltown to townπόλειςG4172Noun - Accusative Feminine Pluralthey deliveredπαρεδίδοσανG3860Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluraltheτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluraldecisionsδόγματαG1378Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural-τὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Pluralhanded downκεκριμέναG2919Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter PluralbyὑπὸG5259PrepositiontheτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralapostlesἀποστόλωνG652Noun - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctioneldersπρεσβυτέρωνG4245Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural-τῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralinἐνG1722PrepositionJerusalemἹεροσολύμοιςG2414Noun - Dative Neuter Pluralfor [the people]αὐτοῖςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Pluralto obeyφυλάσσεινG5442Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Verse 5

Cross-references

Acts 2:47Classic cross-referencesActs 9:31Classic cross-referencesActs 6:7Classic cross-references1 Peter 5:10Classic cross-referencesActs 15:41Classic cross-references1 Corinthians 9:19-23OliveGrove study linksActs 15:1-11OliveGrove study linksGalatians 5:6OliveGrove study links

Original words

SoοὖνG3767Conjunction-μὲνG3303ConjunctiontheΑἱG3588Article - Nominative Feminine PluralchurchesἐκκλησίαιG1577Noun - Nominative Feminine Pluralwere strengthenedἐστερεοῦντοG4732Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Pluralin theτῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularfaithπίστειG4102Noun - Dative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiongrewἐπερίσσευονG4052Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Pluralvvvκαθ’G2596PrepositiondailyἡμέρανG2250Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine Singularin numbersἀριθμῷG706Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
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