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Acts 19:20

So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

KJV

Οὕτως κατὰ κράτος τοῦ κυρίου ὁ λόγος ηὔξανεν καὶ ἴσχυεν.

Greek NT

Ita fortiter crescebat verbum Dei, et confirmabatur.

Vulgate

So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.

ASV

So mightily grew the word of God and was confirmed.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐξάνω
auxano
verb · 22×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κράτος
kratos
noun · 12×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
ἰσχύω
ischuo
verb · 28×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: τοῦ κυρίου ὁ λόγος | WH/Treg/NIV: τοῦ κυρίου ὁ λόγος | RP: ὁ λόγος τοῦ κυρίου
  • τοῦ κυρίου ὁ λόγοςSBLGNT
  • τοῦ κυρίου ὁ λόγοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὁ λόγος τοῦ κυρίουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Thess 3:1 — Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
  • 2Thess 3:1 — Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
  • Acts 6:7 — And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
  • Acts 6:7 — And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
  • Acts 12:24 — But the word of God grew and multiplied.
  • Acts 12:24 — But the word of God grew and multiplied.
  • Isa 55:11 — So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
  • Mark 4:31 — It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
  • Ps 110:3 — Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.