Acts 19:10
8 Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
9 But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
11 God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
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- BSB
- This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
- KJV
- And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
- WEB
- This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
- ASV
- And this continued for the space of two years; so that all they that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
- DARBY
- And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
- BLB
- And this continued for two years, so that all those inhabiting Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
- ÅB
- Dette varte i to år, så alle som bodde i Asia, fikk høre Herrens ord, både jøder og grekere.
- OTB
- Dette fortsatte i to år, slik at alle innbyggerne i Asia, både jøder og grekere, hørte Herrens ord.
- B1930
- Dette varte i to år, så alle som bodde i Asia, fikk høre Herrens ord, både jøder og grekere.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:15
You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Read in contextRomans 10:18
But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
Read in contextActs 16:6
After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
Read in contextGalatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextRomans 10:12
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:22–24
Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
Read in contextColossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
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