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: 5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. (824 “wickedness” [atopos] means amiss, harm, unrighteous, improper, bad, wrong, absurd or evil.)
DEVOTION: The Jewish leaders were not giving up on trying to put Paul to … Read More
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: 3 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. (2169 “thankfulness” [eucharistia] means thanksgiving, the giving of thanks, the act of expressing gratitude or showing appreciation to someone, or to express gratitude for benefits or blessings.)
DEVOTION: We have to guard our speech when we are … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said , Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. (4893 “conscience” [suneidesis] means the soul that distinguishes between what is morally good and bad, moral sensitivity, to know with, to be aware of or to know together.)
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: 5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. (1119 “kneeled down” [gonu] means the hinge joint in the human leg … Read More
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: 3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. (1917 “laid wait” [epiboule] means plot, scheme, a (secret) scheme to do something; especially something wicked or illegal, a project or design, or a plan … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 He said unto them, Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. (191 “heard” [akouo] means give audience, hear, faculty of hearing, to understand, a thing comes to one’s ears, pay attention to, … Read More
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: 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. (4912 “pressed” [sunecho] means engrossed, to hold together, to compress, devoted entirely, keep on doing, devoted exclusively, occupied, be taken with, to urge or to hold completely.)… Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, “These have turned the world upside down are come hither also.” (3625 “world” [oikoumene] means earth, inherited earth, a portion of the earth inhabited by Greeks, universe, empire, Roman world, humankind or globe.… Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. (1577 “churches” [ekklesia] means congregation, assembly, gathering of persons with a purpose, gathering, or a calling out.)
DEVOTION: The people who gathered on the day of Pentecost started what is called the congregation of the righteous in the … Read More