Acts 18:28
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. ”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
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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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus.
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus. Iesous. The Greek form of Yeshua meaning the LORD saves. The name given before His birth. In His name is salvation healing and authority over every power of darkness.
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γραφή
Scriptures
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γραφή
Scripture, writing, sacred text. Graphe. All Scripture is God-breathed. Not all writing is Scripture. What is God-breathed is alive and active and eternally relevant.
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εὐτόνως
Powerfully
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εὐτόνως
in a well-strung manner, i.e. (figuratively) intensely (in a good sense, cogently; in a bad one, fiercely)
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δημόσιος
publicly
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δημόσιος
public; (feminine singular dative case as adverb) in public
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ἐπιδείκνυμι
showing
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ἐπιδείκνυμι
to exhibit (physically or mentally)
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διακατελέγχομαι
he was refuting
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διακατελέγχομαι
to prove downright, i.e. confute
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εἶναι
to be
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εἶναι
to exist
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