Acts 11:22
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
λόγος
report
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λόγος
In Greek thought, the logos was the rational principle holding the universe together. John opens his Gospel with this word — not as a concept, but as a person. In the beginning was the Word. Before anything existed, the Word already was.
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ἐκκλησία
church
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ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
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ἐξαποστέλλω
they sent forth
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ἐξαποστέλλω
to send away forth, i.e. (on a mission) to despatch, or (peremptorily) to dismiss
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ἕως
as far as
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ἕως
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
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Ἱερουσαλήμ
Jerusalem
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Ἱερουσαλήμ
Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of Palestine
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εἰμί
is being
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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οὖς
ears
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οὖς
the ear (physically or mentally)
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διέρχομαι
to go
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διέρχομαι
to traverse (literally)
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