Acts 23:11
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.”
περί
properly, through (all over), i.e. around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
κύριος
Lord
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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θαρσέω
Take courage
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θαρσέω
To be courageous, to be bold, to take heart. Tharseo. Take heart I have overcome the world. Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in faith despite it.
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νύξ
night
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νύξ
Night, darkness. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. Your identity is light.
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μαρτυρέω
to testify.
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μαρτυρέω
To testify, to bear witness. We speak what we know and testify to what we have seen. Christian witness is personal experience not opinion.
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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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δεῖ
it behooves
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δεῖ
also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding)
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ἐπιοῦσα
on the following
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ἐπιοῦσα
supervening, i.e. (G2250 (ἡμέρα) or G3571 (νύξ) being expressed or implied) the ensuing day or night
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ἐφίστημι
having stood by
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ἐφίστημι
to stand upon, i.e. be present (in various applications, friendly or otherwise, usually literal);
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διαμαρτύρομαι
you have fully testified
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διαμαρτύρομαι
to attest or protest earnestly, or (by implication) hortatively
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Ἱερουσαλήμ
Jerusalem,
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Ἱερουσαλήμ
Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of Palestine
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Ῥώμη
Rome
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Ῥώμη
strength; Roma, the capital of Italy
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ἔπω
said;
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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