Acts 13:10
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?”
ὁδός
Not a way among many ways. The way. In the ancient world, hodos meant a road that had been walked and proven. Jesus is not giving directions — He is saying: I am the road itself. Walk in Me and you will arrive.
πᾶς
of all
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πᾶς
All, every, whole, any. Pas. All things work together for good. All authority has been given to Me. All the promises of God are yes in Christ. God thinks in absolutes of blessing.
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υἱός
son
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υἱός
Son, descendant, one sharing the nature of. Huios. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Sonship through faith is the highest status available to a human being.
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κύριος
Lord
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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ἐχθρός
enemy
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ἐχθρός
Enemy, adversary, hostile. Echthros. Love your enemies. The command to love enemies is the most radical ethical demand in history. Only the grace of God makes it possible.
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δικαιοσύνη
righteousness,
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δικαιοσύνη
Righteousness, justice, rightness. Dikaiosune. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Righteousness is not earned. It is received as a gift through faith.
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διάβολος
of the devil,
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διάβολος
Devil, slanderer, accuser. Diabolos. The devil prowls around like a roaring lion. His primary weapon is accusation. The blood of Jesus silences every accusation.
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εὐθύς
upright?
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εὐθύς
straight, i.e. (literally) level, or (figuratively) true; adverbially (of time) at once
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παύω
will you cease
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παύω
to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
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δόλος
deceit
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δόλος
compare G1185 (δελεάζω)); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile
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διαστρέφω
perverting
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διαστρέφω
to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt
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ὦ
O
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ὦ
as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh
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πλήρης
full
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πλήρης
replete, or covered over; by analogy, complete
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ῥᾳδιουργία
craft,
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ῥᾳδιουργία
recklessness, i.e. (by extension) malignity
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ἔπω
said;
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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