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Acts 19 — Sermon Preparation
Paul's three-year ministry in Ephesus sees the Spirit's power, mass burning of occult books, and a riot over the goddess Artemis. Below is a research summary for Acts 19, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 26
- classic sermon excerpts
- 7
- preachers & commentators
Acts 19 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Παῦλος | Paûlos | G3972 | 10 | Paul, Paulus |
| Ἄρτεμις | Ártemis | G735 | 5 | Diana |
| πνεῦμα | pneûma | G4151 | 8 | ghost, life, spirit, mind |
| Ἐφέσιος | Ephésios | G2180 | 4 | Ephesian, of Ephesus |
| Ἰουδαῖος | Ioudaîos | G2453 | 6 | Jew, of Judæa |
| Ἀσία | Asía | G773 | 4 | Asia |
| πονηρός | ponērós | G4190 | 4 | bad, evil, grievous, harm |
How preachers through history handled this text
26 public-domain excerpts on Acts 19, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Persons who came from afar to pay their devotions at the temple of Ephesus, bought little silver shrines, or models of the temple, to carry home with them. See how craftsmen make advantage to themselves of people's superstition, and serve their worldly ends by it. Men are jealous for that by which they get their wealth; and many set themselves against the gospel of Christ, because it calls men from all unlawful crafts, however much wealth is to be gotten by them. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Acts 19:21–31 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Corinth— Acts 19:1
- Ephesus— Acts 19:1
- Asia— Acts 19:10
- Achaia— Acts 19:21
- Jerusalem— Acts 19:21
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