Acts 13:46
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.”
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.
ζωή
life,
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ζωή
Life, living, existence. Zoe. I am the way the truth and the life. Zoe is divine life, not biological existence. It is the life of God shared with human beings through Christ.
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θεός
of God;
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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πρῶτος
first
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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κρίνω
you judge
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κρίνω
To judge, to decide, to determine. Krino. Judge not that you be not judged. The standard you use for others will be used for you. Mercy shown returns as mercy received.
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ἔθνος
Gentiles.
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ἔθνος
Nation, people group, Gentile. Ethnos. Go and make disciples of all nations. Every people group on earth is included in God's redemptive plan. None are excluded.
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ἑαυτοῦ
yourselves
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ἑαυτοῦ
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
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Παῦλος
Paul
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Παῦλος
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
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λαλέω
to be spoken
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λαλέω
To speak, to talk, to utter. He spoke and it was done. The word of God is not silent. It is always speaking.
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στρέφω
we are turning
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στρέφω
to twist, i.e. turn quite around or reverse (literally or figuratively)
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παῤῥησιάζομαι
Having spoken boldly
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παῤῥησιάζομαι
to be frank in utterance, or confident in spirit and demeanor
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τέ
also
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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ἐπειδή
but since
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ἐπειδή
since now, i.e. (of time) when, or (of cause) whereas
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ἔπω
said;
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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εἰμί
it was
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ἰδού
behold
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ἰδού
used as imperative lo!;
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