Acts 21:31 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ζητούντων	zētountōn	Of them seeking	G2212 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
ἀποκτεῖναι	apokteinai	to kill	G615 →
ἀνέβη	anebē	there came	G305 →
φάσις	phasis	a report	G5334 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
χιλιάρχῳ	chiliarchō	commander	G5506 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
σπείρης	speirēs	cohort	G4686 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὅλη	holē	all	G3650 →
συγχύννεται	sugchunnetai	are in an uproar	G4797 →
Ἰερουσαλήμ·	Ierousalēm	Jerusalem;	G2419 →

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
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
leads to
- John 9:22
  His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
- Acts 26:9–11
  So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- Romans 10:2–3
  For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- Matthew 10:28
  Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
- Acts 22:3–4
  “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just…
Through
Acts 22:22
The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
leads to
- Acts 25:24
  Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he…
- Acts 21:36
  For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
Through
Acts 17:5
The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas,…
leads to
- Galatians 5:26
  Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

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.

2 Corinthians 11:23–33Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.Acts 17:5The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.Acts 26:9–10So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.Acts 24:22Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”Acts 24:6and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.Matthew 26:5“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”John 18:12Then the band of soldiers, with its commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him.Mark 14:2“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”Acts 10:1At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.Acts 23:17Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”Acts 21:38“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”Acts 25:23The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.Acts 19:40For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”1 Kings 1:41Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

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