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Acts 14:22 KJV
Acts · chapter 14 · verse 22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.Acts 14:22 · King James Version
Acts 14:22 in context
20Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
21And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
23And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
24And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
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Key words (Strong's)
- tribulationthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
- Confirmingepistērizōto establish besides, strengthen more, to render more firm, confirmG1991 →
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- continueemmenōto remain in, continue, to persevere in anything, a state of mind etc., to hold fast, to…G1696 →
- throughdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- kingdombasileiaroyal power, kingship, dominion, rule, not to be confused with an actual kingdom but…G932 →
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We have here a further account of the services and sufferings of Paul and Barnabas. I. How Paul was stoned and left for dead, but miraculously came to himself again, Act 14:19, Act 14:20. They fell upon Paul rather than Barnabas, because Paul, being the chief speaker, galled and vexed them more than Barnabas did.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-28