Acts 14 · Verse 7

Acts 14:7

And there they preached the gospel.
Acts 14:7, King James Version

Acts 14:7 in other translations

BSBwhere they continued to preach the gospel.
WEBThere they preached the Good News.
ASVand there they preached the gospel.
YLTand there they were proclaiming good news.
DARBYand there they were announcing the glad tidings.
BBEAnd went on preaching the good news there.
WebsterAnd there they preached the gospel.

What does Acts 14:7 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 And there they preached the Gospel - Wherever they went, they were always employed in their Master's work. Some MSS. of considerable note add here, and all the people were moved at their preaching, but Paul and Barnabas tarried at Lystra.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 14:1-7

The apostles spake so plainly, with such evidence and proof of the Spirit, and with such power; so warmly, and with such concern for the souls of men; that those who heard them could not but say, God was with them of a truth. Yet the success was not to be reckoned to the manner of their preaching, but to the Spirit of God who used that means. Perseverance in doing good, amidst dangers and hardships, is a blessed…

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Acts 14:7 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

κἀκεῖkakeiand thereG2532
εὐαγγελιζόμενοιeuangelizomenoievangelisingG2097
ἦσαν.¶ēsanthey were continuing.G1510

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 14:7

  • Acts 14:21

    And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,

  • Acts 14:15

    And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

  • 2 Timothy 4:2

    Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:2

    But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

  • Acts 16:10

    And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.

  • Acts 8:4

    Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

  • Acts 17:2

    And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

  • Acts 11:19

    Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21; 8:4; 11:19; 17:2; 1Th 2:2; 2Ti 4:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Acts 14:6

    They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:

  • Acts 14:7

    And there they preached the gospel.

  • Acts 14:8

    And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had walked:

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Acts 14:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y allí predicaban el evangelio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ils y évangélisaient.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und daselbst verkündigten sie das Evangelium.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et quidam vir Lystris infirmus pedibus sedebat, claudus ex utero matris suæ, qui numquam ambulaverat.