Greek form for the Aramaic (Chaldaic) Cēphās , the nickname given Simon by Jesus when he first saw him (Joh 1:42) and reaffirmed in the Greek form on his great ...

Christ commanded baptism, and we cannot understand any person who really desires to serve him neglecting to obey him in so simple a matter.

"One solitary convert, a woman, and she already a seeker after God, and a native of that very Asia where they had been forbidden to preach"(Furneaux). But a new ...

To Corinth ( eis Korinthon ). Mummius had captured and destroyed Corinth b.c. 146. It was restored by Julius Caesar b.c. 46 as a boom town and made a colony ...

With the tongues ( tais glōssais ). Instrumental case. Mentioned first because really least and because the Corinthians put undue emphasis on this gift.

The book, then, is misnamed Acts of the Apostles ... Greek,' ye' stands last in the sentence, and implies ... band called the Italian band, 2. A devout man ...

Ethical dative. Nothing in common between the demon and Jesus. Note "we."The man speaks for the demon and himself, double personality. The recognition of Jesus ...

2:2 And the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.” ...

First aorist active indicative of didōmi (to give) and dative case autōi (the beast). The dragon works through this beast. The beast is simply Satan' s agent.