Acts 13:43

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λυθείσης δὲ τῆς συναγωγῆς, ἠκολούθησαν πολλοὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ τῶν σεβομένων προσηλύτων τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Βαρνάβᾳ: οἵτινες, προσλαλοῦντες αὐτοῖς, ἔπειθον αὐτοὺς ἐπιμένειν τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

Lutheisēs de the synagōgēs, ēkolouthēsan polloi of the Ioudaiōn and of the sebomenōn prosēlutōn to Paulō and to Barnaba: hoitines, proslalountes to them, epeithon them to epimenein in the chariti of the Theou.

Grammar Details

• *Lutheisēs*: aorist, passive, participle, genitive, feminine, singular - having been dismissed/dissolved
• *de*: postpositive particle - and/but/now
• *synagōgēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - synagogue/assembly
• *ēkolouthēsan*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - followed
• *polloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - many
• *Ioudaiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - Jews
• *sebomenōn*: present, middle, participle, genitive, masculine, plural - worshipping/devout
• *prosēlutōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - proselytes/converts
• *Paulō*: dative, masculine, singular - Paul
• *Barnaba*: dative, masculine, singular - Barnabas
• *hoitines*: relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - who
• *proslalountes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - speaking to
• *epeithon*: imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person, plural - were persuading
• *epimenein*: present, active, infinitive - to continue/remain in
• *chariti*: dative, feminine, singular - grace/favor
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *Lutheisēs*: dismissed/dissolved/broken up
• *ēkolouthēsan*: followed/accompanied
• *sebomenōn*: worshipping/God-fearers/devout
• *prosēlutōn*: proselytes/converts to Judaism
• *proslalountes*: speaking to/addressing/conversing with
• *epeithon*: were persuading/urging/convincing
• *epimenein*: to continue/remain/persist in
• *chariti*: grace/favor/kindness

Referenced Verses

• Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
• Acts 6:5 : 5 And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
• Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
• Acts 16:14 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a trader in purple cloth of the town of Thyatira, and a God-fearing woman, gave ear to us: whose heart the Lord made open to give attention to the things which Paul was saying.
• Acts 17:4 : 4 And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.
• Acts 17:17 : 17 So he had discussions in the Synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and every day in the market-place with those who were there.
• Acts 17:34 : 34 But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
• Acts 19:8-9 : 8 And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God. 9 But because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.
• Acts 28:23 : 23 And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
• Rom 3:24 : 24 And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:
• Rom 5:2 : 2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
• Rom 5:21 : 21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Rom 11:6 : 6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
• 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
• 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
• Gal 5:1 : 1 Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
• Gal 5:4 : 4 You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.
• Eph 2:8 : 8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
• Phil 3:16 : 16 Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.
• Phil 4:1 : 1 So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.
• Col 1:23 : 23 If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
• Col 1:28 : 28 Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;
• 1 Thess 3:3-5 : 3 So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us. 4 And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see. 5 For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.
• Titus 2:11 : 11 For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,
• Heb 6:11-12 : 11 And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end: 12 So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.
• Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
• Heb 13:9 : 9 Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
• 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.
• 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.
• 2 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith. 18 But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
• 1 John 2:28 : 28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.
• 2 John 1:9 : 9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.
• Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.
• Acts 14:3 : 3 So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
• Matt 23:15 : 15 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
• John 8:31-32 : 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples; 32 And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.
• John 15:5-9 : 5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing. 6 If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned. 7 If you are in me at all times, and my words are in you, then anything for which you make a request will be done for you. 8 Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples. 9 Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love. 10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.
• Acts 2:10 : 10 In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,