Acts 14:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν Ἰκονίῳ, κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ εἰσελθεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ λαλῆσαι οὕτως, ὥστε πιστεῦσαι Ἰουδαίων τε καὶ Ἑλλήνων πολὺ πλῆθος.

Transliteration

Egeneto de in Ikoniō, according to the same eiselthein them into the synagōgēn of the Ioudaiōn, and lalēsai thus, hōste pisteusai of Ioudaiōn both and of Hellēnōn much plēthos.

Grammar Details

• *Egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - it happened/came to pass
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
• *Ikoniō*: dative singular - location 'in Iconium'
• *eiselthein*: aorist active infinitive - to enter/go in
• *synagōgēn*: accusative feminine singular - synagogue (place of assembly)
• *Ioudaiōn*: genitive plural - of Jews
• *lalēsai*: aorist active infinitive - to speak
• *hōste*: conjunction - so that/with the result that
• *pisteusai*: aorist active infinitive - to believe
• *Hellēnōn*: genitive plural - of Greeks
• *plēthos*: accusative singular - multitude/large number

Word Meanings

• *Egeneto*: it happened/it came to pass/it occurred
• *de*: and/but/now (transitional)
• *kata to auto*: at the same time/in the same manner/together
• *lalēsai outōs*: speak in such a way/speak in this manner
• *plēthos*: multitude/crowd/large number

Referenced Verses

• Acts 18:4 : 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
• Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 13:51 : 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
• John 7:35 : 35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
• Acts 14:21 : 21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
• Acts 16:1 : 1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
• Acts 17:1-2 : 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
• Acts 17:4 : 4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
• Acts 17:12 : 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
• Acts 17:17 : 17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
• John 12:20 : 20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
• Acts 9:20 : 20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
• Acts 11:21 : 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
• Acts 13:5 : 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
• Acts 13:43 : 43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
• Acts 18:8 : 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
• Acts 19:8 : 8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
• Acts 19:10 : 10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
• Acts 19:17 : 17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
• Acts 20:21 : 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 21:28 : 28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
• Rom 1:16 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
• Rom 10:12 : 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
• 1 Cor 1:22-24 : 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
• Gal 2:3 : 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
• Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
• Acts 14:2 : 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
• Mark 7:26 : 26 {G1161} The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.