Acts 23:11
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
טוֹב
ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
עוּד
ʻûwd
to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
עֵד
ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Ῥώμη
Rhṓmē
strength; Roma, the capital of Italy
Key Terms in This Verse
טוֹב ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Study H2895 →עוּד ʻûwd
to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
Study H5749 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →עֵד ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Study H5707 →Παῦλος Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Study G3972 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →Cross References
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame k...
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
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