CONSENTING UNTO. approving of. Greek. _suneu-dokeo._ Only here, Acts 22:20; Luke 11:48; Romans 1:32. 1Co 7:12, 1 Corinthians 7:13. Compare John 16:2 DEATH. Greek. _anairesis =_ taking off. Only here and Acts 22:20 Compare _anaireo,_ Acts 2:23, &c. This clause belongs to the previous chapter. AT. _... [ Continue Reading ]
DEVOUT. Greek. _eulabes._ See note on Acts 2:5. CARRIED... TO HIS BURIAL. Literally carried away together Greek. _sunkomizo_ Only here. LAMENTATION. Greek. _kopetos._ Only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS FOR. But. MADE HAVOCK OF. Greek. _lumainoimai._ Only here EVERY HOUSE. Greek. _kata_ App-104 _tous oikous =_ house by house HALING. dragging Gr _. suro._ See note on John 21:8. WOMEN. Compare Acts 1:14; Acts 5:14. PRISON. Greek. _phulake._ See Acts 5:19... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE, &C.. They therefore indeed. WENT EVERY WHERE. Lit passed through. Greek. _dierchomai._ Occ forty-three times, thirty-one times in Luke and Acts. PREACHING. Greek. _euangelizo._ App-121. WORD. Greek. _logos._ App-121.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREACHED. Greek. _kerusso._ App-121. CHRIST. i.e. the Messiah App-98. UNTO. to... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. crowds. Greek. _ochlos._ WITH ONE ACCORD. Greek. _homothumadon._ See note on Acts 1:14. GAVE HEED. Same word as "take heed in Acts 5:35, and "attended" in Acts 16:14. WHICH PHILIP SPAKE. spoken by _hupo._ App-104 Philip. HEARING, &C. Literally in that they heard and saw (Greek. _blepo._... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRITS. App-101 TAKEN WITH PALSIES. paralytic. Greek. _paraluomai._ Only here, Acts 9:33 Luke 5:18; Luke 5:24.Hebrews 12:12. (feeble) HEALED. Greek. _therapeuo._ App-137... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS. came to be.... [ Continue Reading ]
CERTAIN. Greek. _tis._ App-123. CALLED. Literally by name BEFORETIME... USED SORCERY Literally before was (Greek. _prouparcho Luke 23:12) practicing magic (Greek.mageuo, to act as. magos. Only here. Compare Acts 13:6; Acts 13:8; Matthew 2:1; Matthew 2:7; Matthew 2:16)._ SAME. Omit AND BEWITCHED.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM. Greek. _apo_. App-104. LEAST, &C. Literally little unto great. THIS MAN. This one. POWER. Greek. _dunamis._ App-172. GOD App-98. He thus assumed to be the Divine Logos. Compare 1 Corinthians 1:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD REGARD. Same word as "gave heed" in verses: Acts 8:6; Acts 8:10. BECAUSE THAT... HE HAD. Literally because of (Greek. _dia._ App-104.Acts 8:2; Acts 8:2) their having been bewitched by. SORCERIES. magical arts. Greek. _mageia._ Only here. Compare _mageuo,_ Acts 8:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVED. App-150. THE THINGS. The texts omit. CONCERNING. Greek. _peri_. App-104. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. App-112 and App-114. NAME. Compare Acts 3:6. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. BAPTIZED. App-115.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVED ALSO. also believed. App-150. CONTINUED. was continuing. Greek. _proskartereo._ See note on Acts 1:14. WONDERED. was amazed, or dumbfounded. Middle of _existemi._ Compare "bewitched", Acts 8:9. BEHOLDING. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. MIRACLES. Greek. _dunamis._ App-176. SIGNS. Greek. _se... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT. Greek. _apostello._ App-174.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYED. Greek. _proseuchomai._ App-134. FOR. concerning. Greek. _peri_, as in Acts 8:12. THE HOLY GHOST. holy spirit. Greek. _pneuma hagion._ No article. App-101.... [ Continue Reading ]
NONE. no one. Greek. _oudeis._ There is. double negative in the sentence. WERE. had been. Greek. _huparcho_ See Luke 9:48. BAPTIZED IN. baptized into. App-115. JESUS. App-98. See App-185.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. RECEIVED. were receiving, i.e. continuing to receive.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. Greek. _theaomai._ App-133. The texts read _eidon._ App-133. THROUGH. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Acts 8:1. THE HOLY GHOST. _to pneuma to hagion._ Both articles, because referring to what has been already spoken of in Acts 8:15. WAS. is.... [ Continue Reading ]
POWER. authority. Greek. _exousia._ App-172. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._... [ Continue Reading ]
PERISH. Literally be unto (Greek. _eis)_ destruction (Greek. _apoleia)_. See John 17:12. Peter's indignant words are an instance of Figure of speech _Apodioxis._ App-6. WITH. Greek. _sun_. App-104. THAT, &C.. to purchase. GIFT. free gift. Greek. _dorea._ See Acts 2:38. WITH. through. Greek. _die... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER. not. Greek. _ou._ LOT. Greek. _kleros._ Compare Acts 1:17; Acts 1:25; Acts 1:26. MATTER. reckoning, or account. Greek. _logos._ App-121. NOT. Greek. _ou,_ as above. IN THE SIGHT OF. in the eyes of. Greek. _enopion._ But the texts read _enanti,_ before.... [ Continue Reading ]
REPENT. Greek. _metanoeo._ App-111. OF. from. Greek. _apo._ WICKEDNESS. Greek. _kakia._ App-128. PRAY. Greek. _deomai._ App-134. GOD. App-98. The texts read "Lord". IF. Greek. _ei._ App-118. THOUGHT. Greek. _epinoia._ Only here. MAY. shall. FORGIVEN. Greek. _aphiemi._ App-174.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERCEIVE. see. Greek. _horao._ App-133. GALL. Greek. _chole._ Only here and Matthew 27:34. Compare Deuteronomy 29:18. BITTERNESS. Greek. _pikria._ Here, Romans 3:14.Ephesians 4:31.Hebrews 12:15. BOND. Greek. _sundesmos._ Here, Ephesians 4:3.Colossians 2:19;... [ Continue Reading ]
ANSWERED, &C. App-122. TO. Greek. _pros._ NONE. not one. Greek. _medeis._ UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. From this incident comes the term "simony" for traffic in sacred things.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY. Literally They indeed therefore. TESTIFIED. Greek. _diamarturomai,_ i.e. fulfilled their testimony. Compare Acts 2:40. PREACHED. spoke. Greek. _laleo._ App-121. PREACHED THE GOSPEL IN. evangelized. Greek. _euangelizo._ App-121. VILLAGES. Once John had wished to call down fire from heav... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. But. THE. an. SPAKE. Greek. _laleo,_ as Acts 8:25. ARISE. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178. TOWARDS. down to. Greek. _kata_. App-104. UNTO. Greek. _epi._ UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. GAZA. One of the five cities of the Philistines; destroyed by Alexander.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Greek. _idou._ App-133. OF GREAT AUTHORITY. a potentate. Greek. _dunastes._ App-98. UNDER. of. CANDACE.. title of the queens of Ethiopia. Compare Pharaoh. QUEEN. Greek. _basilissa._ Only here, Matthew 12:42.Luke 11:31.Revelation 18:7. HAD THE CHARGE OF. was over (Greek. _epi_. App-104.)... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. upon. Greek. _epi_. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. And. THE SPIRIT, i.e. the angel. App-101. JOIN THYSELF. Greek. _kollaomai._ See note on Acts 5:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Same as "Then", Acts 8:29. RAN THITHER TO HIM, AND. Literally having run up. UNDERSTANDEST. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. Figure of speech _Paregmenon._ App-6. "Read" is _anaginosko._... [ Continue Reading ]
EXCEPT. Literally If (App-118.)... not (App-105). SOME MAN. some one. Greek. _tis_. App-123. GUIDE ME. lead me in the way. Greek. _hodegeo._ Only here, Matthew 15:14.Luke 6:39; John 16:13.Revelation 7:17. DESIRED. besought. Greek. _parakaleo._ App-134.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLACE. Now the context. Greek. _perioche._ Only here. Quoted from Isaiah 53:7, almost word for word from the Septuagint SLAUGHTER. Greek. _sphage._ Only here, Romans 8:36; James 5:5. LAMB. Greek. _amnos._ See note on John 1:29. DUMB. Greek. _aphonos,_ voiceless. Only here, 1Co 12:2. 1 Corinth... [ Continue Reading ]
HUMILIATION. low estate. Referring to the whole period of His life on earth. Greek. _tapeinosis._ Only here, Luke 1:48; Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:21.James 1:10. JUDGMENT. Greek. _krisis._ App-177. DECLARE. tell. Greek. _diegeomai._ Only here, Acts 9:27; Acts 12:17; Mark 5:16; Mark 9:9 [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. But. OPENED HIS MOUTH.. Hebraism. Figure of speech _Idioma._ App-6. AT. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. THE SAME. this.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. down. Greek. _kata._ App-104. SEE. Behold. Greek. _idou._ App-133.... [ Continue Reading ]
Most texts omit this verse. The Revised Version puts it in the margin. WITH. out of. Greek. _ek._ SON. Greek. _huios_. App-108. See also App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. Greek. _eis._... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF. Greek. _ek._ App-104. SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-133. NO MORE. Greek. _ouk ouketi,_. double negative. AND. for. Supply _ellipsis_, taught by the Spirit, he needed him not. WENT ON HIS WAY. went his way. REJOICING. Compare Acts 8:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS FOUND. was carried to, and found.. _constructioproegnans._ AT. to. Greek. _eis._ App-104. AZOTUS.. Ashdod. See Joshua 11:22. TILL. Greek. _heos._ CAESEREA. Not Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13), but the place on the coast, between Carmel and Joppa. It was built by Herod, and called Caesarea... [ Continue Reading ]