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Acts 20:23

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Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
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  1. Acts 9:16Rank 1 from verse 23
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    16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 3:3Rank 2 from verse 23
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    3That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

  3. Acts 21:4Rank 3 from verse 23
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    4And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

  4. Acts 14:22Rank 4 from verse 23
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    22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

  5. Acts 21:33Rank 5 from verse 23
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    33Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

  6. Acts 21:11Rank 6 from verse 23
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    11And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

  7. 2 Timothy 2:12Rank 7 from verse 23
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    12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

  8. Acts 8:29Rank 8 from verse 23
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    29Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

  9. John 16:33Rank 9 from verse 23
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    33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Acts 20:23

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save

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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ghost

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Sense 1: A spirit. Sense 2: In the title Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit of God. Sense 3: The life or spirit yielded up at death, in the expression to give or yield up the ghost.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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bonds

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Sense 1: Binding ties or obligations. Sense 2: Conditions of servitude, restraint, or captivity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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abide

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1. To remain, stay, dwell, wait, or continue in a place, state, or relation. 2. To endure or withstand.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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20:22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

20:23Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

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20:24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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