Acts 23:10
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.”
φοβέω
To fear, to be afraid, to reverence. Phobeo. Do not fear those who kill the body. Fear God and nothing else needs to be feared. He holds what every other fear threatens.
γίνομαι
is becoming
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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μέσος
midst
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μέσος
Middle, in the midst, among. Mesos. Where two or three gather in My name there I am in their midst. The promise of presence in gathered worship is permanent.
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πολύς
great
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πολύς
Many, much, great. Polus. Much fruit. Many witnesses. Great grace. God is not stingy. He gives abundantly to those who are connected to the vine.
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στάσις
dissension,
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στάσις
a standing (properly, the act), i.e. (by analogy) position (existence); by implication, a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy
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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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παρεμβολή
barracks.
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παρεμβολή
a throwing in beside (juxtaposition), i.e. (specially), battle-array, encampment or barracks (tower Antonia)
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στράτευμα
troop
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στράτευμα
an armament, i.e. (by implication) a body of troops (more or less extensive or systematic)
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χιλίαρχος
commander
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χιλίαρχος
the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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καταβαίνω
having gone down
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καταβαίνω
to descend (literally or figuratively)
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διασπάω
may be torn to pieces
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διασπάω
to draw apart, i.e. sever or dismember
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κελεύω
he commanded
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κελεύω
"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order
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