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Acts 20:8

And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.

KJV

ἦσαν δὲ λαμπάδες ἱκαναὶ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ οὗ ἦμεν συνηγμένοι·

Greek NT

Erant autem lampades copiosæ in cœnaculo, ubi eramus congregati.

Vulgate

And there were many lights in the upper chamber where we were gathered together.

ASV

And there were a great number of lamps in the upper chamber where we were assembled.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λαμπάς
lampas
noun · 9×
οὗ
ou
adverb · 24×
συνάγω
sunago
verb · 59×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἱκανός
ikanos
adjective · 40×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπερῷον
uperoon
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Acts 1:13 — And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
  • Acts 1:13 — And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
  • Acts 9:37 — And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
  • Luke 22:12 — And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
  • Matt 25:1 — Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.