What Does Acts 14:9 Mean?

“The same”

the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)

“heard”

to hear (in various senses)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“Paul”

(little; but remotely from a derivative of g3973, meaning the same); paulus, the name of a roman and of an apostle

“speak”

to talk, i.e., utter words

“who”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“stedfastly beholding”

to gaze intently

“him”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“perceiving”

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl

“that”

demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because

“faith”

persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ

“he had”

to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“to be healed”

to save, i.e., deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)