Acts 18:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Βουλομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ διελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Ἀχαΐαν, προτρεψάμενοι οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ἔγραψαν τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἀποδέξασθαι αὐτόν: ὃς, παραγενόμενος, συνεβάλετο πολὺ τοῖς πεπιστευκόσιν διὰ τῆς χάριτος:

Transliteration

Boulomenou de autou dielthein eis tēn Achaian, protrepsamenoi hoi adelphoi egrapsan tois mathētais apodexasthai auton: hos, paragenomenos, synebaleto poly tois pepisteukōsin dia tēs charitos:

Grammar Details

• *Boulomenou*: present middle/passive participle, genitive masculine singular - desiring/wishing
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *autou*: genitive masculine singular pronoun - he/him
• *dielthein*: aorist active infinitive - to go through/pass
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - to/into
• *tēn Achaian*: article + accusative feminine singular - Achaia
• *protrepsamenoi*: aorist middle participle, nominative masculine plural - having encouraged
• *hoi adelphoi*: article + nominative masculine plural - the brothers
• *egrapsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they wrote
• *tois mathētais*: article + dative masculine plural - to the disciples
• *apodexasthai*: aorist middle infinitive - to receive/welcome
• *auton*: accusative masculine singular pronoun - him
• *hos*: relative pronoun, nominative masculine singular - who
• *paragenomenos*: aorist middle participle, nominative masculine singular - having arrived
• *synebaleto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he helped/contributed
• *poly*: adverb - much/greatly
• *tois pepisteukōsin*: article + perfect active participle, dative masculine plural - those having believed
• *dia*: preposition with genitive - through
• *tēs charitos*: article + genitive feminine singular - the grace

Word Meanings

• *Boulomenou dielthein*: desiring to go/wishing to pass/wanting to travel
• *protrepsamenoi*: having encouraged/having exhorted
• *egrapsan tois mathētais apodexasthai auton*: wrote to the disciples to welcome him
• *paragenomenos*: having arrived/having come
• *synebaleto poly*: helped much/contributed greatly/was of great assistance
• *tois pepisteukōsin*: those having believed/the believers
• *dia tēs charitos*: through the grace/by the grace (could refer to God's grace or Apollos' gracious manner)

Referenced Verses

• John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
• Acts 9:27 : 27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
• Acts 18:12 : 12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
• Acts 18:18 : 18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
• Acts 19:1 : 1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
• Rom 1:5 : 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
• Rom 16:1-2 : 1 {G1161} I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
• 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
• 1 Cor 3:10-14 : 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
• 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• 1 Cor 16:3 : 3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
• 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
• 2 Cor 3:1-2 : 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
• Eph 2:8-9 : 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Phil 1:25 : 25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
• Phil 1:29 : 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
• Col 2:12 : 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
• Col 4:10 : 10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas,(touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Titus 3:4-6 : 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
• 1 Pet 1:2-3 : 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 3 John 1:8-9 : 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.