ACTS 20:10

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.”

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Acts 20:10 Translation & Meaning

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And δὲ But, and, etc And
Paul Παῦλος (little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973, meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle Paul
went down, καταβὰς To descend (literally or figuratively) down
and fell ἐπέπεσεν To embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively) fell
on him, αὐτῷ The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons on him
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
embracing συμπεριλαβὼν To take by enclosing altogether, i.e., earnestly throw the arms about one embracing
him (No Greek definition. English implied.)
said, εἶπεν To speak or say (by word or writing) said
Trouble yourselves; θορυβεῖσθε To be in tumult, i.e., disturb, clamor Trouble yourselves
not Μὴ (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether not
for γὰρ Properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) for
his αὐτοῦ The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons his
life ψυχὴ Breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416) life
is ἐστιν He (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are is
in ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc in
him. αὐτῷ The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons him

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  • 8  And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

  • 9  And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

  • 10  And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

  • 11  When 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.

  • 12  And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.




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