Acts 14:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εὐαγγελισάμενοί τε τὴν πόλιν ἐκείνην, καὶ μαθητεύσαντες ἱκανούς, ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν Λύστραν, καὶ Ἰκόνιον, καὶ Ἀντιόχειαν,

Transliteration

Having euangelisamenoi te the polin ekeinēn, and having mathēteusantes hikanous, they hypestrepsan into Lystran, and Ikonion, and Antiocheian,

Grammar Details

*euangelisamenoi*: aorist middle participle, nominative masculine plural - having evangelized
*te*: connective particle - and/both
*polin*: accusative feminine singular - city
*ekeinēn*: accusative feminine singular - that
*mathēteusantes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having made disciples of
*hikanous*: accusative masculine plural - considerable number/many
*hypestrepsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - returned
*Lystran*: accusative feminine singular - Lystra
*Ikonion*: accusative neuter singular - Iconium
*Antiocheian*: accusative feminine singular - Antioch

Word Meanings

*euangelisamenoi*: having evangelized/having preached the gospel to
*mathēteusantes hikanous*: having made many disciples/having made a considerable number of disciples
*hypestrepsan*: returned/went back

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 13:51 : 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
Acts 14:1 : 1 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.
Acts 14:19 : 19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Acts 14:6 : 6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Acts 13:14 : 14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
Acts 14:8 : 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
Acts 15:36 : 36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas , Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Acts 16:2 : 2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
2 Tim 3:11 : 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

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6They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
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