Bible Strands
Acts 21:19
Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — Paul addresses James and the Jerusalem elders the day after his arrival in the city. He speaks to them following his extended missionary work among non-Jewish populations.
The words — The verb ἐξηγεῖτο (exēgeito) literally means he was relating or recounting. The phrase καθ᾽ ἕκαστον (kath' hekaston) specifies that he listed the events one by one.
The thread — This method of itemized reporting matches his earlier account in Acts 14:27. The same focus on recounting what Christ accomplished through his ministry appears in Romans 15:18.
Why it lands — The text states that Paul systematically documented God's work among the Gentiles before the elders responded with praise and concern. It requires readers to acknowledge that spiritual results are recorded factually before community disputes are addressed.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Greek words
King James Version
And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
Cross-references
- Acts 14:27 When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Acts 1:17 He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”
- Romans 15:18 I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
- Acts 20:24 But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- Acts 11:4 But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
- Acts 15:4 On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
- Acts 15:12 The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
- 1 Corinthians 3:5 What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1 As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.