Acts 17:12 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πολλοὶ	Polloi	Many	G4183 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ἐξ	ex	of	G1537 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
ἐπίστευσαν,	episteusan	believed,	G4100 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
Ἑλληνίδων	Hellēnidōn	Grecian	G1674 →
γυναικῶν	gunaikōn	women	G1135 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
εὐσχημόνων	euschēmonōn	prominent	G2158 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνδρῶν	andrōn	men	G435 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ὀλίγοι.¶	oligoi	a few.	G3641 →

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

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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
Ephesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
leads to
- Isaiah 60:1
  Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Romans 13:11–12
  And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- Isaiah 26:19
  Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6
  So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
- Isaiah 52:1
  Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
Through
1 Corinthians 1:26
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
leads to
- James 2:5
  Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- 1 Corinthians 3:18–20
  Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
- James 1:9–11
  The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”Acts 17:4Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.Acts 14:1At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.Acts 13:50The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.Acts 17:2–4As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,1 Corinthians 1:26Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.Mark 15:43Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.John 1:45–49Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.Psalms 25:8–9Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.Genesis 34:19The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.

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