Acts 13:49

Acts 13:49

And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.

a. NLT: So the Lord’s message spread throughout that region.

b. NIV: The word of the Lord spread through the whole region.

c. YLT: and the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region.

d. Amplified Bible Classic: And so the Word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through Christ] scattered and spread throughout the whole region.

e. Worrell Translation: And the word of the Lord was being spread abroad through that whole country.

1. “And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.”

a. And [Strong: 1161 * de deh a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).]

b. the [Strong: 3588 * ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.]

c. the word [Strong: 3056 * logos log'-os from 3004; something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ):--account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.]

d. was published [Strong: 1308 * diaphero dee-af-er'-o from 1223 and 5342; to bear through, i.e. (literally) transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. (objectively) to toss about (figuratively, report); subjectively, to "differ", or (by implication) surpass:--be better, carry, differ from, drive up and down, be (more) excellent, make matter, publish, be of more value.] [Zodhiates: To carry through…spoken of doctrine, published abroad, to be borne [carried] here and there.]  

e. throughout [Strong: 1223 * dia dee-ah' a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.]

f. all [Strong: 3650 * holos hol'-os a primary word; "whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb:--all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.]

g. the [Strong: 3588 * ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.]

h. region [Strong: 5561 * chora kho'-rah feminine of a derivative of the base of 5490 through the idea of empty expanse; room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants):--coast, county, fields, ground, land, region.]

            1). Scripture does not say how long the Apostles were in Pisidian Antioch, but it does say          God’s word was published throughout the region, i.e., Pisidia.

a). Pisidia [Unger’s Bible Dictionary] “A mountainous district in Asia Minor, north of Pamphylia, twice visited by Paul, and in which he was probable “in peril of robbers”. It was overrun with desperate bands of men who resisted the power of Rome.”]

b). Though Scripture does not mention any specific persecutions in Antioch, in his second letter to Timothy Paul wrote that Timothy should remember the example of how Paul faced persecution in Antioch and how God delivered him.

(1) 2 Timothy 3:10, 11 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.