Acts 9:38
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.”
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.
παρακαλέω
imploring ;
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παρακαλέω
To comfort, to exhort, to encourage. Parakaleo. The God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles. He does not just send comfort. He is the God who comforts personally.
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ἐγγύς
Near
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ἐγγύς
akin to the base of G43 (ἀγκάλη)); near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)
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Πέτρος
Peter
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Πέτρος
a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037 (λίθος)); as a name, Petrus, an apostle
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Ἰόππη
to Joppa
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Ἰόππη
Joppe (i.e. Japho), a place in Palestine
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Λύδδα
Lydda
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Λύδδα
Lydda (i.e. Lod), a place in Palestine
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εἰμί
being
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ὀκνέω
you may delay
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ὀκνέω
to be slow (figuratively, loath)
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διέρχομαι
coming
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διέρχομαι
to traverse (literally)
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