Acts 20:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Δουλεύων τῷ Κυρίῳ μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης, καὶ πολλῶν δακρύων, καὶ πειρασμῶν, τῶν συμβάντων μοι ἐν ταῖς ἐπιβουλαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων:

Transliteration

Douleuōn the Kyriō with all tapeinophrosynēs, and many dakryōn, and peirasmōn, of-those symbantōn to-me by the epiboulais of-the Ioudaiōn:

Grammar Details

• *Douleuōn*: present participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - serving
• *Kyriō*: dative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *tapeinophrosynēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of humility
• *dakryōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of tears
• *peirasmōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of trials/temptations
• *symbantōn*: aorist participle, active, genitive, masculine/neuter, plural - having happened
• *epiboulais*: dative, feminine, plural - plots/designs
• *Ioudaiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of Jews

Word Meanings

• *Douleuōn*: serving/being a slave to
• *Kyriō*: Lord/Master
• *tapeinophrosynēs*: humility/lowliness of mind
• *dakryōn*: tears/weeping
• *peirasmōn*: trials/temptations/tests
• *symbantōn*: having happened/befallen/occurred
• *epiboulais*: plots/designs/schemes

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  serving{G1398} the Lord{G2962} with{G3326} all{G3956} lowliness of mind,{G5012} and{G2532} with {G4183} tears,{G1144} and{G2532} with trials{G3986} which befell{G4819} me{G3427} by{G1722} the plots{G1917} of the Jews;{G2453}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Serving{G1398}{(G5723)} the Lord{G2962} with{G3326} all{G3956} humility of mind{G5012}, and{G2532} with many{G4183} tears{G1144}, and{G2532} temptations{G3986}, which{G3588} befell{G4819}{(G5631)} me{G3427} by{G1722} the lying in wait{G1917} of the Jews{G2453}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  servynge the LORde with all humblenes of mynde and with many teares and temptacions which happened vnto me by the layinges awayte of the Ieues

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and serued ye LORDE with all humblenesse of mynde, and with many teares and tentacions, which happened vnto me by ye layenges of wayte of the Iewes,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Seruing the Lorde with all modestie, and with many teares, and tentations, which came vnto me by the layings awaite of the Iewes,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Seruyng the Lorde with all humblenesse of mynde, and with many teares, and temptations whiche came vnto me by the layinges awayte of the Iewes:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against `me';

• American Standard Version (1901)

  serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

• World English Bible (2000)

  serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 20:3 : 3 and stayed there three months. And when the Jews plotted against him as he was about to sail to Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
• Acts 20:31 : 31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
• Rom 12:11 : 11 Not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
• Phil 3:18 : 18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
• Col 3:24 : 24 Knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for you serve the Lord Christ.
• 2 Cor 2:4 : 4 For out of much trouble and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love I have more abundantly toward you.
• 2 Cor 3:5 : 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
• 2 Cor 4:7-9 : 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
• 2 Cor 7:5 : 5 For, when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; outside were conflicts, inside were fears.
• 2 Cor 11:23-30 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? 30 If I must boast, I will boast in the things concerning my weakness.
• 2 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8 For this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times, that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
• Gal 1:10 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
• Gal 4:13-14 : 13 You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first. 14 And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
• Eph 6:7 : 7 With goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;
• Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of water run down from my eyes, because men do not keep Your law.
• Jer 9:1 : 1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive.
• Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,
• John 12:26 : 26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.
• Acts 9:23-25 : 23 And after many days were completed, the Jews conspired to kill him: 24 But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. 25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall in a basket.
• Acts 13:50-51 : 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their district. 51 But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
• Acts 14:5-6 : 5 And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and stone them, 6 They became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region,
• Acts 14:19-20 : 19 Then certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. 20 However, as the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and entered the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
• Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews who did not believe, moved with envy, took certain troublemakers from the marketplace, and gathered a mob, set all the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
• Acts 17:13 : 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also, and stirred up the people.
• 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
• 2 Tim 1:4 : 4 Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
• Jas 1:2 : 2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials;
• 1 Pet 1:6 : 6 In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials:
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
• Rev 7:15 : 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall dwell among them.
• 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised. 11 Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it. 13 Being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
• 1 Cor 15:9-9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• Acts 27:23 : 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
• Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
• Rom 1:9 : 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;