King James Version
Acts 19:17 in the King James Version says “And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the L...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.”
Acts 19:17 · KJV
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“was”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“Greeks”
G1672a hellen (grecian) or inhabitant of hellas; by extension a greek-speaking person, especially a non-jew
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“fell”
G1968to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
“on”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“was magnified”
G3170to make (or declare) great, i.e., increase or (figuratively) extol
“of the Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
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