Acts 16:40
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. ”
φυλακή
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
παρακαλέω
they exhorted
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παρακαλέω
To comfort, to exhort, to encourage. Parakaleo. The God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles. He does not just send comfort. He is the God who comforts personally.
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εἰσέρχομαι
they came
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εἰσέρχομαι
To enter, to go in, to come in. Eiserchomai. Enter through the narrow gate. The narrow gate requires humility. Pride cannot fit through it. Only those who bow can enter.
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εἴδω
having seen them
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εἴδω
To know, to see, to perceive. Paul said I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
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ἐξέρχομαι
Having gone forth
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ἐξέρχομαι
to issue (literally or figuratively)
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Λυδία
Lydia;
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Λυδία
Lydia, a Christian woman
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