Acts 18:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οὗτός τε ἤρξατο παρρησιάζεσθαι ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ: ἀκούσαντες δὲ αὐτοῦ Ἀκύλας καὶ Πρίσκιλλα, προσελάβοντο αὐτόν, καὶ ἀκριβέστερον αὐτῷ ἐξέθεντο τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁδόν.

Transliteration

Houtos te ērxato parrēsiazesthai en tē synagōgē: akousantes de autou Akylas kai Priskilla, proselabonto auton, and akribesteron autō exethento tēn tou Theou hodon.

Grammar Details

*Houtos*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative masculine singular - this man
*te*: connective particle - and
*ērxato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he began
*parrēsiazesthai*: present middle/passive infinitive - to speak boldly
*en*: preposition with dative - in
*tē synagōgē*: article + dative feminine singular - the synagogue
*akousantes*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine plural - having heard
*de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
*autou*: genitive masculine singular pronoun - him
*Akylas kai Priskilla*: nominative masculine singular + conjunction + nominative feminine singular - Aquila and Priscilla
*proselabonto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they took
*auton*: accusative masculine singular pronoun - him
*akribesteron*: comparative adverb - more accurately
*autō*: dative masculine singular pronoun - to him
*exethento*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they explained
*tēn tou Theou hodon*: article + article + genitive masculine singular + accusative feminine singular - the way of God

Word Meanings

*ērxato parrēsiazesthai*: began to speak boldly/began to speak with courage/began to speak freely
*proselabonto*: took/took aside/took to themselves
*akribesteron exethento*: explained more accurately/expounded more precisely
*tēn tou Theou hodon*: the way of God/God's way (teachings/doctrine)

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Referenced Verses

Prov 1:5 : 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Prov 9:9 : 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Prov 22:17-18 : 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Prov 25:12 : 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Matt 18:3-4 : 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Mark 10:15 : 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Luke 19:26 : 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
Luke 24:27 : 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
John 7:17 : 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Acts 8:31 : 31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Acts 14:3 : 3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Acts 18:2-3 : 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla;(because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Acts 18:25 : 25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Acts 28:23 : 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God , persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1 Cor 8:2 : 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1 Cor 12:21 : 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Eph 6:19-20 : 19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Heb 6:1 : 1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

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