What Does Acts 18:5 Mean?

“when”

which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)

“And”

but, and, etc

“were come”

to come (or go) down (literally or figuratively)

“from”

"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)

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

“Macedonia”

macedonia, a region of greece

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

both or also (properly, as correlation of g2532)

“Silas”

silas, a christian

“and”

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

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

“Timotheus”

dear to god; timotheus, a christian

“was pressed”

to hold together, i.e., to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy

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

“in the spirit”

a current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital prin

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

“and testified”

to attest or protest earnestly, or (by implication) hortatively

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

“to the Jews”

judaean, i.e., belonging to jehudah

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

“was Christ”

anointed, i.e., the messiah, an epithet of jesus

“that Jesus”

jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites