Acts 18:28
New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חׇזְקָה
chozqâh
vehemence (usually in a bad sense)
יָכַח
yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
δημόσιος
dēmósios
public; (feminine singular dative case as adverb) in public
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
γραφή
graphḗ
a document, i.e. holy Writ (or its contents or a statement in it)
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Key Terms in This Verse
δημόσιος dēmósios
public; (feminine singular dative case as adverb) in public
Study G1219 →יָכַח yâkach
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
Study H3198 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →γραφή graphḗ
a document, i.e. holy Writ (or its contents or a statement in it)
Study G1124 →יְהוּדִי Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Study H3064 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →Cross References
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the ...
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
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