KJV King James Version
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 20:2
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
WEB World English Bible
When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
ASV American Standard Version
And when he had gone through those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;
Surrounding context — Acts 20
1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto [him] the disciples, and embraced [them], and departed for to go into Macedonia.
2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
3 And [there] abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΔιελθὼνG1330 · dierchomaito pass throughδὲG1161 · dethenτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoμέρηG3313 · merospartἐκεῖναG1565 · ekeinosthatκαὶG2532 · kaiandπαρακαλέσαςG3870 · parakaleōto plead/comfortαὐτοὺςG846 · autosit/s/heλόγῳG3056 · logoswordπολλῷG4183 · polusmuchἦλθενG2064 · erchomaito come/goεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἙλλάδα·G1671 · HellasGreece
Cross-references
1 Thessalonians 4:1Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more.Colossians 1:28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:1 Thessalonians 2:3For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:Acts 20:11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.1 Thessalonians 2:11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father [doth] his children,Acts 20:6-7And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days.Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.Acts 17:1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:Acts 16:12And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.Acts 15:41And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.Zechariah 9:13When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.Acts 2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.Acts 17:10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming [thither] went into the synagogue of the Jews.
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