Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].
But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
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Commentary for Acts 21:31
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
Strong's Number: G1161 There are 2556 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: δέ Transliteration: dé Pronunciation: deh Description: a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Strong's Number: G2212 There are 116 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: ζητέω Transliteration: zētéō Pronunciation: dzay-teh'-o Description: of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):--be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare πυνθάνομαι.
Strong's Number: G615 There are 71 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: ἀποκτείνω Transliteration: apokteínō Pronunciation: ap-ok-ti'-no Description: from ἀπό and (to slay); to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy:--put to death, kill, slay.
Strong's Number: G846 There are 3776 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: αὐτός Transliteration: autós Pronunciation: ow-tos' Description: from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
Strong's Number: G5334 There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: φάσις Transliteration: phásis Pronunciation: fas'-is Description: from φημί (not the same as "phase", which is from φαίνω); a saying, i.e. report:--tidings.
Strong's Number: G305 There are 410 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: ἀναβαίνω Transliteration: anabaínō Pronunciation: an-ab-ah'-ee-no Description: from ἀνά and the base of βάσις; to go up (literally or figuratively):--arise, ascend (up), climb (go, grow, rise, spring) up, come (up).
Strong's Number: G5506 There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: χιλίαρχος Transliteration: chilíarchos Pronunciation: khil-ee'-ar-khos Description: from χίλιοι and ἄρχω; the commander of a thousand soldiers ("chiliarch"; i.e. colonel:--(chief, high) captain.
Strong's Number: G4686 There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: σπεῖρα Transliteration: speîra Pronunciation: spi'-rah Description: of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of αἱρέομαι in the sense of its cognate εἱλίσσω; a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors):--band.
Strong's Number: G3754 There are 1189 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: ὅτι Transliteration: hóti Pronunciation: hot'-ee Description: neuter of ὅστις as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Strong's Number: G3650 There are 99 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: ὅλος Transliteration: hólos Pronunciation: hol'-os Description: a primary word; "whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb:--all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.
Strong's Number: G2419 There are 80 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: Ἱερουσαλήμ Transliteration: Hierousalḗm Pronunciation: hee-er-oo-sal-ame' Description: of Hebrew origin (יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם); Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of Palestine:--Jerusalem. Compare Ἱεροσόλυμα.
Strong's Number: G4797 There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible Lemma: συγχέω Transliteration: synchéō Pronunciation: soong-khoo'-no Description: from σύν and (to pour) or its alternate; to commingle promiscuously, i.e. (figuratively) to throw (an assembly) into disorder, to perplex (the mind):--confound, confuse, stir up, be in an uproar.