Acts 14:3 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 14:3

So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Long time therefore they tarried there speaking boldly in the Lord, who bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Long time therefore - It seems probable that there were here no forcible or public measures to expel them, as there had been at Antioch Act 13:50, and they therefore regarded it as their duty to remain. God granted them here also great success, which was the main reason for their continuing a long time. Persecution and opposition may be attended often with signal success to the gospel. Spake boldly in the Lord - In the cause of the Lord Jesus, or in his name and by his authority.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἱκανὸν	Hikanon	A long	G2425 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
χρόνον	chronon	time	G5550 →
διέτριψαν	dietripsan	they stayed	G1304 →
παρρησιαζόμενοι	parrēsiazomenoi	speaking boldly	G3955 →
ἐπὶ	epi	about	G1909 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
κυρίῳ	kuriō	Lord	G2962 →
τῷ	tō	who	G3588 →
μαρτυροῦντι	marturounti	is bearing witness	G3140 →
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
λόγῳ	logō	word	G3056 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
χάριτος	charitos	grace	G5485 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of Him,	G846 →
διδόντι	didonti	granting	G1325 →
σημεῖα	sēmeia	signs	G4592 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τέρατα	terata	wonders	G5059 →
γίνεσθαι	ginesthai	to be done	G1096 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
χειρῶν	cheirōn	hands	G5495 →
αὐτῶν.	autōn	of them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
leads to
- Mark 8:38
  If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the…
- 2 Timothy 1:8
  So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
- 1 Peter 4:16
  But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
- 2 Timothy 1:12
  For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have…
- Psalms 40:9–10
  I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
Through
Acts 20:24
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good…
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:6–8
  For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10
  That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1
  Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.