Acts 20:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when he had gone through those regions and given them much encouragement, he came to Greece,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Διελθὼν δὲ τὰ μέρη ἐκεῖνα, καὶ παρακαλέσας αὐτοὺς λόγῳ πολλῷ, ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα,

Transliteration

Dielthōn de the merē ekeina, and parakalesas them logō pollō, ēlthen into the Hellada,

Grammar Details

• *Dielthōn*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having gone through
• *de*: postpositive particle - and/but/now
• *merē*: accusative, neuter, plural - parts/regions
• *ekeina*: demonstrative pronoun, accusative, neuter, plural - those
• *parakalesas*: aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having encouraged/exhorted
• *logō*: dative, masculine, singular - word/speech/discourse
• *pollō*: dative, masculine, singular - much/many
• *ēlthen*: aorist indicative, active, 3rd person singular - came/went
• *Hellada*: accusative, feminine, singular - Greece

Word Meanings

• *Dielthōn*: having gone through/traveled through/passed through
• *merē*: parts/regions/districts
• *parakalesas*: having encouraged/exhorted/comforted
• *logō*: word/speech/discourse/message
• *pollō*: much/many/great

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  After traveling through those regions and encouraging the people with many words, he came to Greece.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when he had gone over those parties and geven them large exhortacions he came into Grece

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan he had gone thorow those partes, and exhorted them with many wordes, he came into Grekelonde,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when hee had gone through those parts, and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Grecia.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And whe he had gone ouer those parties, and had geuen them a long exhortation, he came into Grece.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,

Referenced Verses

• Zech 9:13 : 13 For I have bent Judah for myself, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made you like the sword of a mighty man.
• Acts 2:40 : 40 And with many other words he testified and encouraged them, saying, 'Save yourselves from this perverse generation.'
• Acts 14:22 : 22 Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
• Acts 15:41 : 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
• Acts 16:12 : 12 And from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony; and we were in that city staying several days.
• Acts 17:1 : 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews:
• Acts 17:10 : 10 And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea: who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.
• Acts 20:6-7 : 6 But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and joined them at Troas in five days; where we stayed seven days. 7 Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart the next day, and continued his message until midnight.
• Acts 20:11 : 11 Now when he had come up, and had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed.
• Col 1:28 : 28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
• 1 Thess 2:3 : 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
• 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 As you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his children,
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.