Acts 20:31

20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

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Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

What does Acts 20:31 mean?

Acts 20:31 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include διό (dio), γρηγορέω (gregoreuo), μνημονεύω (mnemoneuo).

Greek interlinear

Thereforeδιόdio/dee-o'/G1352from 1223 and 3739; through which thing, i.e. consequently:--for which cause, therefore, wherefore.

watch,γρηγορέωgregoreuo/gray-gor-yoo'-o/G1127from 1453; to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively):--be vigilant, wake, (be) watch(-ful).

and

remember,μνημονεύωmnemoneuo/mnay-mon-yoo'-o/G3421from a derivative of 3420; to exercise memory, i.e. recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse:--make mention; be mindful, remember.

thatὅτιhoti/hot'-ee/G3754neuter of 3748 as conjunction; demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because:--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.

the

space

three

yearsτριετίαtrietia/tree-et-ee'-ah/G5148from a compound of 5140 and 2094; a three years' period (triennium):--space of three years.

ceasedπαύωpauo/pow'-o/G3973a primary verb ("pause"); to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end:--cease, leave, refrain.

notοὐouG3756ouk ook, and (before an aspirate) ouch ookh a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.

warnνουθετέωnoutheteo/noo-thet-eh'-o/G3560from the same as 3559; to put in mind, i.e. (by implication) to caution or reprove gently:--admonish, warn.

everyἕκαστοςhekastos/hek'-as-tos/G1538as if a superlative of hekas (afar); each or every:--any, both, each (one), every (man, one, woman), particularly.

oneεἷςheis/hice/G1520(including the neuter (etc.) hen); a primary numeral; one:--a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some. See also 1527, 3367, 3391, 3762.

nightνύξnux/noox/G3571a primary word; "night" (literally or figuratively):-- (mid-)night.

andκαίkai/kahee/G2532apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.

dayἡμέραhemera/hay-mer'-ah/G2250feminine (with 5610 implied) of a derivative of hemai (to sit; akin to the base of 1476) meaning tame, i.e. gentle; day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context):--age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.

withμετάmeta/met-ah'/G3326a primary preposition (often used adverbially); properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession) with which it is joined; occupying an intermediate position between 575 or 1537 and 1519 or 4314; less intimate than 1722 and less close than 4862):--after(-ward), X that he again, against, among, X and, + follow, hence, hereafter, in, of, (up-)on, + our, X and setting, since, (un-)to, + together, when, with (+ -out). Often used in composition, in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence.

tears.δάκρυονdakruG1144or dakruon dak'-roo-on of uncertain affinity; a tear:--tear.

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What does Acts 20:31 say?

Acts 20:31 (King James Version) reads: "Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears."

Is Acts 20:31 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 20:31 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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