Acts 20:7
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
σάββατον
week
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σάββατον
the Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e. the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications
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λόγος
talk
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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.
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μέχρι
until
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μέχρι
as far as, i.e. up to a certain point (as a preposition, of extent (denoting the terminus, whereas G891 (ἄχρι) refers especially to the space of time or place intervening) or conjunction)
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μέλλω
about
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μέλλω
to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation)
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συνάγω
come together
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συνάγω
To gather together, to assemble. Sunago. For where two or three gather in My name there I am. The presence of Jesus is promised to the gathered church. Come together.
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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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ἐπαύριον
next day
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ἐπαύριον
occurring on the succeeding day, i.e. (G2250 (ἡμέρα) being implied) to-morrow
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διαλέγομαι
was talking
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διαλέγομαι
to say thoroughly, i.e. discuss (in argument or exhortation)
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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ἔξειμι
to depart
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ἔξειμι
to issue, i.e. leave (a place), escape (to the shore)
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παρατείνω
he was continuing
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παρατείνω
to extend along, i.e. prolong (in point of time)
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μεσονύκτιον
midnight;
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μεσονύκτιον
midnight (especially as a watch)
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κλάω
breaking
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κλάω
to break (specially, of bread)
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