Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 14:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28And there they abode long time with the disciples.
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Quick Meaning
Notes their long stay with the disciples.
Read It With
- Acts 14:19–14:28
Read Acts 14:28 with 14:19–14:28. In isolation, this contribution—notes their long stay with the disciples—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: Opponents arrive, Paul is stoned and left for dead, he reenters the city, revisits communities, appoints elders with prayer and fasting, and reports how God opened a door of faith to Gentiles.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Notes their long stay with the disciples. This precise contribution belongs inside “Stoning gives way to return, strengthening, and reporting” because Opponents arrive, Paul is stoned and left for dead, he reenters the city, revisits communities, appoints elders with prayer and fasting, and reports how God opened a door of faith to Gentiles.
What Remains True
Acts 14:28's particular contribution—notes their long stay with the disciples—shows that faithful witness remains accountable to the verse's speaker, narrated setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Acts 14:19–14:28.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice Acts 14:28's particular contribution—notes their long stay with the disciples—through this passage-controlled response: Support people after violence, strengthen communities with honest teaching about hardship, and establish accountable local leadership rather than glorifying trauma.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 14:19–14:28 — Stoning gives way to return, strengthening, and reportingSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 14:19–14:28, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 14:19-14:28
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 14:19-14:28
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 14:19–14:28
Open source ↗