Acts 13:50
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.”
ἐπί
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
Ἰουδαῖος
Jews
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Ἰουδαῖος
Jewish, belonging to Judah. Ioudaios. Salvation is from the Jews. God chose a people to bring the Messiah into the world. His choice of Israel was for the benefit of all nations.
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πρῶτος
principals
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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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ὅριον
district
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ὅριον
A boundary, a border, a limit. He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God has set every boundary in your life with purpose.
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πόλις
city
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πόλις
City, town. Polis. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. The church is meant to be visible. Its light is for the community around it. Hide nothing. Let it shine.
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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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ἐκβάλλω
expelled
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ἐκβάλλω
To cast out, to drive out. He cast out the spirits with a word. In Jesus name we have authority over every unclean thing.
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εὐσχήμων
prominent
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εὐσχήμων
well-formed, i.e. (figuratively) decorous, noble (in rank)
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ἐπεγείρω
they stirred up
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ἐπεγείρω
to rouse upon, i.e. (figuratively) to excite against
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παροτρύνω
incited
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παροτρύνω
to urge along, i.e. stimulate (to hostility)
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γυνή
women
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γυνή
a woman; specially, a wife
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σέβομαι
worshipping
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σέβομαι
to revere, i.e. adore
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διωγμός
a persecution
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διωγμός
persecution
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