Acts 26:11
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.”
πόλις
City, town. Polis. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. The church is meant to be visible. Its light is for the community around it. Hide nothing. Let it shine.
διώκω
I was persecuting them
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διώκω
compare the base of G1169 (δειλός) and G1249 (διάκονος)); to pursue (literally or figuratively); by implication, to persecute
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συναγωγή
synagogues
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συναγωγή
an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by analogy, a Christian church
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ἕως
as far as
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ἕως
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
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τιμωρέω
punishing
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τιμωρέω
properly, to protect one's honor, i.e. to avenge (inflict a penalty)
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τέ
then
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τέ
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532 (καί))
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ἔξω
foreign
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ἔξω
out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively
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πολλάκις
often
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πολλάκις
many times, i.e. frequently
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ἐμμαίνομαι
being furious
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ἐμμαίνομαι
to rave on, i.e. rage at
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περισσῶς
Excessively
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περισσῶς
superabundantly
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