Acts 20:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πλὴν ὅτι τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον κατὰ πόλιν διαμαρτύρεται, λέγον ὅτι δεσμά με καὶ θλίψεις μένουσιν.

Transliteration

Except that the Pneuma the Hagion in-each polin diamartyretai, legon that desma me and thlipseis menousin.

Grammar Details

*Pneuma*: nominative, neuter, singular - Spirit
*Hagion*: nominative, neuter, singular - Holy
*polin*: accusative, feminine, singular - city
*diamartyretai*: present indicative, middle, 3rd person singular - solemnly testifies
*legon*: present participle, active, nominative, neuter, singular - saying
*desma*: nominative, neuter, plural - bonds
*thlipseis*: nominative, feminine, plural - afflictions
*menousin*: present indicative, active, 3rd person plural - await

Word Meanings

*Pneuma*: Spirit/spirit/breath
*Hagion*: Holy/sacred
*polin*: city/town
*diamartyretai*: solemnly testifies/witnesses earnestly
*legon*: saying/speaking/telling
*desma*: bonds/chains/imprisonment
*thlipseis*: afflictions/troubles/tribulations
*menousin*: await/remain for/abide

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Acts 21:4 : 4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
Acts 21:11 : 11 And when he was come unto us , he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
1 Thess 3:3 : 3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
John 16:33 : 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Acts 8:29 : 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

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