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Chapter 14

 

Update:  20220203

 

Acts 14:1 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) it caused itself to come to pass (egeneto) in (en) Iconium (Ikoniō), down according to (kata) the (to) [day, AE] of it (auto) for them (autous) to enter in (eiselthein) into (eis) the (tēn) synagogue (sunagōgēn) of the (tōn) Judeans (Ioudaiōn) to speak (lalēsai) thusly (houtōs) also (kai), and so (hōste) for [a] large (polu) plethora (plēthos) of both (te) Judeans (Ioudaiōn) and (kai) Hellenes (Hellēnōn) to believe (pisteusai).

 

Acts 14:2 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) the (hoi) Judeans (Ioudaioi) having been dissuaded (apeithēsantes), they were aroused up (epōgeiran) and (kai) maliciously treated (ekakōsan) the (tas) souls (psuchas) of the (tōn) ethnic groups (ethnōn), down against (kata) the (tōn) brothers (adelphōn).

 

Acts 14:3 (LIT/UBS4) Therefore (oun), truly (men), for [a] suitable (hikanon) time (chronon), [Paul and Barnabas, v13:50, RE] rubbed through1304 (dietripsan) causing themselves to speak boldly (parrēsiazomenoi) over (epi) [the sake, AE] of the (tō) Lord (kuriō), for the (tō) witnessing (marturounti) to the (tō) Word (logō) of the (tou) grace (charitos) of him (autou);

 

he giving (didonti) signs (sēmeia) and (kai) wonders (terata) to be caused to come to pass (ginesthai) through (dia) the (tōn) hands (cheirōn) of them (autōn)!

 

Acts 14:4 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) the (to) plethora (plēthos) of the (tēs) city (poleōs) was split (eschisthē), and (kai) truly (men) ones (hoi) were being san) together with (sun) the (tois) Judeans (Ioudaiois), but (de) ones (hoi) [were being, RE] together with (sun) the (tois) apostles (apostolois)!

 

Acts 14:5 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) when (hōs) [an] attempt (hormē) caused itself to come to pass (egeneto) [by, AE] both (te) the (tōn) ethnic groups (ethnōn) and (kai) Judeans (Ioudaiōn), together with (sun) the (tois) chief ones (archousin) of them (autōn), to violate (hubrisai) and (kai) to stone (lithobolēsai) them (autous),

 

Acts 14:6 (LIT/UBS4) they having recognized (sunidontes) [it, AE], they fled down (katephugon) into (eis) the (tas) cities (poleis) of the (tēs) Lycaonia (Lukaonias), of Lystra (Lustran), and (kai) of Derbe (Derbēn), and (kai) of the (tēn) region around (perichōron).

 

Acts 14:7 (LIT/UBS4) And there (kakei) [the apostles, v4, RE] were being san) ones causing themselves to evangelize (euangelizomenoi).

 

Acts 14:8 (LIT/UBS4) And (kai) [a] certain (tis) male (anēr) in (en) Lystra (Lustrois) was being caused to sit (ekathēto), [an] inherently unpowered one (adunatos) [in, AE] the (tois) feet (posin) [of him, AE], [a] lame one (chōlos) out (ek) of [the] belly (koilias) of [the] mother (mētros) of him (autou),  one who (hos) but absolutely not at any time (oudepote) walked around (periepatēsen)!

 

Acts 14:9 (LIT/UBS4) This one (houtos) heard (ēkousen) the (tou) Paul (Paulou) speaking (lalountos), who (hos) having gazed intently at (atenisas) him (autō), and (kai) having seen (idōn) that (hoti) he holds (echei) belief (pistin), the (tou) [belief, RE] to be made whole (sōthēnai),

 

Acts 14:10 (LIT/UBS4) he enunciated (eipen) [in, AE] [a] great (megalē) voice (phōnē), “Stand up (anastēthi) upon (epi) the (tous) feet (podas) of you (sou), straight (orthos)!”  

 

And (kai) he caused himself to jump up (hēlato), and (kai) he was walking around (periepatei).

 

Acts 14:11 (LIT/UBS4) And (te) the (hoi) crowds (ochloi) having seen (idontes) what (ho) Paul (Paulos) did (epoiēsen), they lifted up (epēran) the (tēn) voice (phōnēn) of them (autōn), saying (legontes) [in, AE] Lycaonian (Lukaonisti), “The (hoi) gods (theoi) stepped down (katebēsan) to (pros) us (hēmas), ones having been made like (homoiōthentes) mortals (anthrōpois)!”

 

Acts 14:12 (LIT/UBS4) And (te) they were calling aloud (ekaloun) the (ton) Barnabas (Barnaban), Dis2203 (Dia).

 

But (de) [they were calling aloud, RE] Paul (Paulon), Hermes (Hermēn), since (epeidē) he (autos) was beingn) the (ho) one causing himself to lead (hēgoumenos) [in the evangelizing, v7] of the (tou) Word (logou).

 

Acts 14:13 (LIT/UBS4) And (te) the (ho) sacrificial priest (hiereus) of the (tou) Dis2203 (Dios), the one (tou) being (ontos) before (pro) the (tēs) city (poleōs), he having brought (enenkas) bulls (taurous) and (kai) wreaths (stemmata) up to (epi) the (tous) gates (pulōnas), he was desiring (ēthelen) to do sacrifices (thuein) together with (sun) the (tois) crowds (ochlois).

 

Acts 14:14 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) the (hoi) apostles (apostoloi) having heard (akousantes) [of it, AE], Barnabas (Barnabas) and (kai) Paul (Paulos), they having broken through (diarrēxantes) the (ta) outer garments (himatia) of them (autōn), they leaped out (exepēdēsan) into (eis) the (ton) crowd (ochlon) crying (krazontes)

 

Acts 14:15 (LIT/UBS4) and (kai) saying (legontes), “Males (andres), why (ti) do you do (poieite) these things (tauta)!?

 

We (hēmeis) also (kai) are (semen) like sufferers (homoiopatheis) [as, AE] you (humin) [are, RE];

 

mortals (anthrōpoi), ones causing ourselves to evangelize (euangelizomenoi) to you (humas) to turn back (epistrephein) away from (apo) the (tōn) empty things (mataiōn) of these (toutōn) over (epi) [the sake, AE] of [a] living (zōnta) God (theon);

 

one who (hos) made (epoiēsen) the (ton) heaven (ouranon), and (kai) the (tēn) land (gēn), and (kai) the (tēn) sea (thalassan), and (kai) all (panta) the things (ta) in (en) them (autois);

 

Acts 14:16 (LIT/UBS4) one who (hos), in (en) the (tais) generations (geneais) having been caused to depart (parōchēmenais), allowed (eiasen) all (panta) of the (ta) ethnic groups (ethnē) to make themselves go (poreuesthai) the (tais) ways (hodois) of them (autōn).

 

Acts 14:17 (LIT/UBS4) And yet (kaitoi), he has absolutely not let (ouk aphēken) himself (auton) <go> without [a] witness (amarturon), doing good heavenly works (agathourgōn ouranothen) for you (humin);

 

giving (didous) rains (heutous) and (kai) productive (karpophorous) times (kairous), filling (empiplōn) the (tas) hearts (kardias) of you (humōn) [with, AE] nourishment (trophēs) and (kai) well-mindedness (euphrosunēs)!”

 

Acts 14:18 (LIT/UBS4) And (kai) saying (legontes) these things (tauta), the (tous) crowds (ochlous) of the (tou) [ones having seen, v11, RE] difficultly (molis) paused (katepausan), to not do sacrifices (mē thuein) to them (autois).

 

1Acts 4:19 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) Judeans (Ioudaioi) came over (epēlthan) from (apo) Antioch (Antiocheias) and (kai) Iconium (Ikoniou).

 

And (kai) they having persuaded (peisantes) the (tous) crowds (ochlous), and (kai) they having stoned (lithasantes) the (ton) Paul (Paulon), they were dragging (esuron) [him, AE] outside (exō) of the (tēs) city (poleōs), deciding (nomizontes) him (auton) to have died (tethnēkenai).

 

Acts 14:20 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) of the (tōn) disciples (mathētōn) having circled (kuklōsantōn) him (auton), he having stood up (anastas), he entered in (eisēlthen) into (eis) the (tēn) city (polin)!

 

And (kai) upon the morrow (tē epaurion) he went out (exēlthen) together with (sun) the (tō) Barnabas (Barnaba) into (eis) Derbe (Derbēn).

 

Acts 14:21 (LIT/UBS4) And (tē) they having caused themselves to evangelize (euangelisamenoi) the (tēn) city (polin) of that (ekeinēn), and (kai) they having made [a] suitable number of disciples (mathēteusantes hikanous), they returned (hupestrepsan) into (eis) the (tēn) Lystra (Lustran), and (kai) into (eis) Iconium (Ikonion), and (kai) into (eis) Antioch (Antiocheian),

 

Acts 14:22 (LIT/UBS4) stabilizing (epistērizontes) the (tas) souls (psuchas) of the (tōn) disciples (mathētōn), consoling (parakalountes) [them, AE] to stay in (emmenein) to the (tē) belief (pistei);

 

and (kai) that (hoti) it is required (dei) of us (hēmas) to enter in (eiselthein) into (eis) the (tēn) Kingdom932 (basileian) of the (tou) God (theou) through (dia) many (pollōn) mental pressures (thlipseōn).

 

(For the way leading into life having been smothered, and for the lawyers having stolen the key of knowledge so that others cannot enter in, and subsequently for believers having to force themselves into the Kingdom of the Heavens, see Mat. 7:13-14, 21, 11:12, 16:19, 18:3-9, 19:17-26; Mark 9:43-48, 10:23-25; Luke 11:52, 13:24, 16:16, 18:16-27; John 3:3-6, 10:1-9; Acts 14:21-22)

 

Acts 14:23 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) they having hand picked (cheirotonēsantes) elders (presbuterous) for them (autois) down (kat’) [each, AE] assembly (ekklēsian), they having caused themselves to be well-thankful to4336 (proseuxamenoi) [God, AE], with (meta) fastings (nēsteiōn), they caused themselves to pass them along (parethento autous) to the (tō) lord (kuriō) into (eis) whom (hon) they had believed (pepisteukeisan).

 

Acts 14:24 (LIT/UBS4) And (kai) they having come through (dielthontes) the (tēn) Pisidia (Pisidian), they came (ēlthon) into (eis) the (tēn) Pamphylia (Pamphulian).

 

Acts 14:25 (LIT/UBS4) And (kai) they having spoken (lalēsantes) the (ton) Word (logon) in (en) Perga (Pergē), they stepped down (katebēsan) into (eis) Attalia (Attaleian).

 

Acts 14:26 (LIT/UBS4) And from there (kakeithen) they sailed away (apepleusan) into (eis) Antioch (Antiocheian), from where (hothen) they were being (ēsan) passed along (paradedomenoi) to the (tē) grace (chariti) of the (tou) God (theou) into (eis) the (to) work (ergon) which (ho) they fulfilled (eplērōsan).

 

Acts 14:27 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) they having caused themselves to come alongside (paragenomenoi), and (kai) they having brought together (sunagagontes) the (tēn) assembly (ekklēsian), they were reporting (anēngellon) as many things as (hosa) the (ho) God (theos) did (epoiēsian) with (met’) them (autōn), and (kai) that (hoti) he opened up (ēnoixen) [a] door (thuran) of belief (pisteōs) for the (tois) ethnic groups (ethnesin).

 

Acts 14:28 (LIT/UBS4) But (de) they were rubbing through1304 (dietribon) absolutely not (ouk) [a] little (oligon) time (chronon) together with (sun) the (tois) disciples (mathētais)!