Acts 24:27

Διετίας δὲ πληρωθείσης ἔλαβεν διάδοχον ὁ Φῆλιξ Πόρκιον Φῆστον θέλων τε χάριτας καταθέσθαι τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὁ Φῆλιξ κατέλιπεν τὸν Παῦλον δεδεμένον
But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Διετίας
G1333 N-GSF
dietia
a space of two years (biennium)
  • the space of two years
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
πληρωθείσης
G4137 V-APP-GSF
plēroō
to make replete, i.e., (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc
  • to make full, to fill up, i.e., to fill to the full
    • to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally
      • I abound, I am liberally supplied
    to render full, i.e., to complete
    • to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim
      • "to consummate: a number
      • to make complete in every particular, to render perfect
        • "to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking)
      to carry into effect, bring to realisation, realize
      • of matters of duty: to perform, execute
        • "of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish"to fulfil, i.e., to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment
ἔλαβεν
G2983 V-2AAI-3S
lambanō
while G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
  • to take
    • to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it
      • to take up a thing to be carried
        • "to take upon one's self
      to take in order to carry away
      • without the notion of violence, i.e., to remove, take away
      to take what is one's own, to take to one's self, to make one's own
      • to claim, procure, for one's self
        • to associate with one's self as companion, attendant
        of that which when taken is not let go, to seize, to lay hold of, apprehend"to take by craft (our catch, used of hunters, fisherman, etc.), to circumvent one by fraud"to take to one's self, lay hold upon, take possession of, i.e., to appropriate to one's self"catch at, reach after, strive to obtain"to take a thing due, to collect, gather (tribute)
      to take
      • to admit, receive
        • "to receive what is offered"not to refuse or reject"to receive a person, give him access to one's self,
        • to regard any one's power, rank, external circumstances, and on that account to do some injustice or neglect something
      to take, to choose, select"to take beginning, to prove anything, to make a trial of, to experience
    to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back
διάδοχον
G1240 N-ASM
diadochos
a successor in office
  • succeeding, a successor
ὁ
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Φῆλιξ
G5344 N-NSM-P
phēlix
happy
happy; Phelix (i.e., Felix), a Roman
  • a Roman procurator of Judea appointed by the emperor Claudius in AD 53
Πόρκιον
G4201 N-ASM-P
porkios
swinish
apparently swinish; Porcius, a Roman
  • the successor of Felix as procurator of Judea
Φῆστον
G5347 N-ASM-P
phēstos
festival
festal; Phestus (i.e., Festus), a Roman
  • the successor of Felix as procurator of Judea
θέλων
G2309 V-PAP-NSM
thelō
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e., choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e., be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
  • to will, have in mind, intend
    • to be resolved or determined, to purpose
      • "to desire, to wish"to love
      • to like to do a thing, be fond of doing
      to take delight in, have pleasure
τε
G5037 CONJ
te
both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532)
  • not only ... but also
    • "both ... and"as ... so
χάριτας
G5485
charis
graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
  • grace
    • that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech
    good will, loving-kindness, favor
    • of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
    what is due to grace
    • the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace
      • "the token or proof of grace, benefit
      • a gift of grace
        • "benefit, bounty
    thanks, (for benefits, services, favors), recompense, reward
καταθέσθαι
G2698 V-2AMN
katatithēmi
to place down, i.e., deposit (literally or figuratively)
  • to lay down, deposit, lay up
    • "to lay by or up for one's self, for future use"to lay up favor for one's self with any one, to gain favor with (to do something for one which may win favor)
τοῖς
G3588 T-DPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Ἰουδαίοις
G2453 A-DPM-PG
ioudaios
Judaean, i.e., belonging to Jehudah
  • Jewish, belonging to the Jewish race
    • "Jewish as respects to birth, race, religion
ὁ
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Φῆλιξ
G5344 N-NSM-P
phēlix
happy
happy; Phelix (i.e., Felix), a Roman
  • a Roman procurator of Judea appointed by the emperor Claudius in AD 53
κατέλιπεν
G2641 V-2AAI-3S
kataleipō
to leave down, i.e., behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining
  • to leave behind
    • to depart from, leave
      • to be left
      to bid (one) to remain"to forsake, leave to one's self a person or thing by ceasing to care for it, to abandon, leave in the lurch
      • to be abandoned, forsaken
      to cause to be left over, to reserve, to leave remaining"like our ___%___leave behind___%___, it is used of one who on being called away cannot take another with him
      • especially of the dying (to leave behind)
      like our ___%___leave___%___, leave alone, disregard
      • of those who sail past a place without stopping
τὸν
G3588 T-ASM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Παῦλον
G3972 N-ASM-P
paulos
small, little
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973, meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
  • Paul was the most famous of the apostles and wrote a good part of the New Testament, the 14 Pauline epistles
    • "Paulus was a deputy or pro-consul of Cyprus and is said to be a prudent man, in the management of affairs, as a governor
δεδεμένον
G1210 V-RPP-ASM
deō
to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
  • to bind tie, fasten
    • to bind, fasten with chains, to throw into chains
      • "metaphorically
      • Satan is said to bind a woman bent together by means of a demon, as his messenger, taking possession of the woman and preventing her from standing upright
        • "to bind, put under obligation, of the law, duty etc.
        • to be bound to one, a wife, a husband
        to forbid, prohibit, declare to be illicit

Διετίας δὲ πληρωθείσης ἔλαβεν διάδοχον ὁ Φῆλιξ Πόρκιον Φῆστον θέλων τε χάριτας καταθέσθαι τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὁ Φῆλιξ κατέλιπεν τὸν Παῦλον δεδεμένον
27
But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
Cross References

Acts 25:9

ὁ Φῆστος δὲ τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις θέλων χάριν καταθέσθαι ἀποκριθεὶς τῷ Παύλῳ εἶπεν Θέλεις εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀναβὰς ἐκεῖ περὶ τούτων κρίνεσθαι ἐπ' ἐμοῦ
9
But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

Acts 25:14

ὡς δὲ πλείους ἡμέρας διέτριβον ἐκεῖ ὁ Φῆστος τῷ βασιλεῖ ἀνέθετο τὰ κατὰ τὸν Παῦλον λέγων Ἀνήρ τίς ἐστιν καταλελειμμένος ὑπὸ Φήλικος δέσμιος
14
And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

Acts 12:3

καὶ ἰδὼν ὅτι ἀρεστόν ἐστιν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις προσέθετο συλλαβεῖν καὶ Πέτρον ἦσαν δὲ ἡμέραι τῶν ἀζύμων
3
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

Mark 15:15

ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος βουλόμενος τῷ ὄχλῳ τὸ ἱκανὸν ποιῆσαι ἀπέλυσεν αὐτοῖς τὸν Βαραββᾶν καὶ παρέδωκεν τὸν Ἰησοῦν φραγελλώσας ἵνα σταυρωθῇ
15
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

Acts 25:1

Φῆστος οὖν ἐπιβὰς τῇ ἐπαρχίᾳ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἀνέβη εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπὸ Καισαρείας
1
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

Galatians 1:10

Ἄρτι γὰρ ἀνθρώπους πείθω ἢ τὸν θεόν ἢ ζητῶ ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκειν εἰ γὰρ ἔτι ἀνθρώποις ἤρεσκον Χριστοῦ δοῦλος οὐκ ἂν ἤμην
10
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Acts 26:32

Ἀγρίππας δὲ τῷ Φήστῳ ἔφη Ἀπολελύσθαι ἐδύνατο ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος εἰ μὴ ἐπεκέκλητο Καίσαρα
32
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

Proverbs 29:25

חֶרְדַּת אָדָם יִתֵּן מוֹקֵשׁ וּבוֹטֵחַ בַּיהוָה יְשֻׂגָּֽב׃
25
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

Acts 25:4

ὁ μὲν οὖν Φῆστος ἀπεκρίθη τηρεῖσθαι τὸν Παῦλον ἐν Καισαρείᾳ ἑαυτὸν δὲ μέλλειν ἐν τάχει ἐκπορεύεσθαι·
4
But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.

Acts 28:30

ἔμεινεν δὲ ὁ Παῦλος διετίαν ὅλην ἐν ἰδίῳ μισθώματι καὶ ἀπεδέχετο πάντας τοὺς εἰσπορευομένους πρὸς αὐτόν
30
And Paul dwelt two years whole in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

Exodus 23:2

לֹֽא-תִהְיֶה אַחֲרֵֽי-רַבִּים לְרָעֹת וְלֹֽא-תַעֲנֶה עַל-רִב לִנְטֹת אַֽחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטֹּֽת׃
2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

Luke 23:24

ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος ἐπέκρινεν γενέσθαι τὸ αἴτημα αὐτῶν·
24
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

Acts 23:35

Διακούσομαί σου ἔφη ὅταν καὶ οἱ κατήγοροί σου παραγένωνται· ἐκέλευσεν τε αὐτόν ἐν τῷ πραιτωρίῳ τοῦ Ἡρῴδου φυλάσσεσθαι
35
I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.

Acts 26:24

Ταῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀπολογουμένου ὁ Φῆστος μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ ἔφη Μαίνῃ Παῦλε· τὰ πολλά σε γράμματα εἰς μανίαν περιτρέπει
24
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
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