What Does Acts 21:19 Mean in the King James?
And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The work belongs to God, while service is the channel through which it reaches people.
THE MEANING
God’s work can move through your service without becoming your possession; the source remains God. What happens among people can be seen particularly, one thing at a time.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that you must be the source of every good thing that happens through you dissolves here: being the means does not make you the maker.
THE ROOT
ἐποίησεν
epoiēsen
GROWS FROM
ποιέω
poieō
To do, make, or bring about; ἐποίησεν means “he did” or “he made.”
“wrought” in this verse is epoiēsen. The word names God’s doing and making; the service is the path through which that work reaches the nations. Its word family can name both what is made and the one who makes, keeping the source with God while giving the servant’s role its full weight.
ALSO GROWS
poiēma: A thing made; workmanship.
ποίημα
Ephesians 2:10 uses this word for the reader as God’s workmanship, extending the same making from this verse into the reader’s life.
poiētēs: A maker or doer.
ποιητής
James 1:22 uses this word for a doer, showing the family’s movement from making to action.
διακονίας
diakonias
GROWS FROM
διακον-
diakon-
To serve, attend to, or provide practical service.
The word translated “ministry” carries the texture of service and attending to others. The verse places that service as the means through which God’s work reaches people.
ALSO GROWS
diakonos: A servant or minister.
διάκονος
It names the person who serves, connecting the ministry in this verse to a human role of service.
diakoneō: To serve or wait upon.
διακονέω
This verb makes the practical action inside “ministry” visible: attending to others.
THE PATTERN
Human service can carry the work forward, while its making and growth belong to God.
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.THE THREAD
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.“Wrought” comes from ποιέω (poieō), the Greek word family behind ποίημα (poiēma), “workmanship.” Acts names God’s making visible through service among the nations; Ephesians calls the reader God’s workmanship, bringing that same making close.
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