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Acts 21:40 — King James Version← Study notes

And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,


Acts 21:40Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 21:4023 words
GreekMeaning
ἐπιτρέψαντοςepitrepsantos
When was permittingverbG2010
δὲde
thenwordG1161
αὐτοῦautou
hepronounG846
ho
thearticleG3588
ΠαῦλοςPaulos
PaulnounG3972
ἑστὼςhestōs
having stoodverbG2476
ἐπὶepi
onprepositionG1909
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
ἀναβαθμῶνanabathmōn
stairsnounG304
κατέσεισεkateseise
made a signverbG2678
τῇ
with thearticleG3588
χειρὶcheiri
handnounG5495
τῷ
to thearticleG3588
λαῷlaō
peoplenounG2992
πολλῆςpollēs
greatadjectiveG4183
δὲde
thenwordG1161
σιγῆςsigēs
silencenounG4602
γενομένηςgenomenēs
having taken placeverbG1096
προσεφώνησενprosephōnēsen
call unto, speak (un-)toverbG4377
τῇ
in thearticleG3588
ἙβραΐδιHebraidi
HebrewadjectiveG1446
διαλέκτῳdialektō
languagenounG1258
λέγωνlegōn
sayingverbG3004
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 21:40

Observe how, when he discourses to those that are without, he does not decline availing himself of the aids afforded by the laws. Here he awes the tribune by the name of his city. And again, elsewhere he said, Openly, uncondemned, Romans as we are, they have cast us into prison. Acts 19:37 For since the tribune said, Are you that Egyptian? he immediately drew him off from that surmise: then, that he may not be thought to deny his nation, he says at once, I am a Jew: he means…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 47 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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