Acts 22:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν προεχειρίσατό σε, γνῶναι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδεῖν τὸν Δίκαιον, καὶ ἀκοῦσαι φωνὴν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

The de eipen, The Theos of the paterōn of us proecheirisato you, gnōnai the thelēma of him, and idein the Dikaion, and akousai phōnēn from the stomatos of him.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - God
• *paterōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - fathers
• *proecheirisato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - appointed/chose beforehand
• *gnōnai*: aorist active infinitive - to know
• *thelēma*: accusative, neuter, singular - will/desire
• *idein*: aorist active infinitive - to see
• *Dikaion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Righteous One/Just One
• *akousai*: aorist active infinitive - to hear
• *phōnēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - voice
• *stomatos*: genitive, neuter, singular - mouth

Word Meanings

• *Theos tōn paterōn*: God of our fathers/ancestral God
• *proecheirisato*: appointed/chose beforehand/selected
• *gnōnai*: to know/to understand/to learn
• *thelēma*: will/purpose/desire
• *Dikaion*: Righteous One/Just One (title for Jesus/Messiah)
• *phōnēn ek tou stomatos*: voice from his mouth/words directly from him

Referenced Verses

• Acts 26:16 : 16 But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;
• 1 Cor 9:1 : 1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus {G5547} our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?
• 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 and last of all, as to the [child] untimely born, he appeared to me also.
• Gal 1:12 : 12 For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but [it came to me] through revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
• Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:
• Acts 9:17 : 17 And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 3:13-14 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied {G846} before the face of Pilate, when he had determined to release him. 14 But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,
• Acts 22:18 : 18 and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me.
• Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
• Acts 5:30 : 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew, hanging him on a tree.
• Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.
• Exod 3:13-16 : 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and [seen] that which is done to you in Egypt:
• Exod 15:2 : 2 Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him.
• 2 Kgs 21:22 : 22 and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.
• 1 Chr 12:17 : 17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if [ye be come] to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
• 1 Chr 29:18 : 18 O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee;
• 2 Chr 28:25 : 25 And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of his fathers.
• 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
• Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
• Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
• Dan 2:23 : 23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast now made known unto me what we desired of thee; for thou hast made known unto us the king's matter.
• John 15:16 : 16 Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide: that {G5100} whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
• Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, [even] from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
• 2 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
• Titus 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
• 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
• 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;
• 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I delivered unto you {G1722} first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
• Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 {G1063} Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.