Acts 22:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For you will be His witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι ἔσῃ μάρτυς αὐτῷ πρὸς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ὧν ἑώρακας καὶ ἤκουσας.

Transliteration

Because esē martys to him pros pantas anthrōpous of what heōrakas and ēkousas.

Grammar Details

• *esē*: future indicative, 2nd person singular - you will be
• *martys*: nominative, masculine, singular - witness
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *pantas*: accusative, masculine, plural - all
• *anthrōpous*: accusative, masculine, plural - men/people
• *heōrakas*: perfect active indicative, 2nd person singular - you have seen
• *ēkousas*: aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular - you heard

Word Meanings

• *esē*: you will be/shall be
• *martys*: witness/testifier
• *pantas anthrōpous*: all men/all people/everyone
• *heōrakas*: have seen/witnessed/observed
• *ēkousas*: heard/listened to/were told

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G3754} thou shalt be{G2071} a witness{G3144} for{G3754} him unto{G4314} all{G3956} men{G444} of what{G3739} thou hast seen{G3708} and{G2532} heard.{G191}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G3754} thou shalt be{G2071}{(G5704)} his{G846} witness{G3144} unto{G4314} all{G3956} men{G444} of what{G3739} thou hast seen{G3708}{(G5758)} and{G2532} heard{G191}{(G5656)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  for thou shalt be his witnes vnto all men of tho thinges which thou thou hast sene and hearde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for thou shalt be his wytnesse vnto all men, of tho thinges which thou hast sene and herde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thou shalt be his witnes vnto all men, of the things which thou hast seene and heard.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thou shalt be his witnesse vnto all men, of those thynges which thou hast seene and hearde:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 23:11 : 11 The following night the Lord stood by Paul and said, 'Take courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.'
• Acts 4:20 : 20 'For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.'
• Acts 10:39-41 : 39 We are witnesses of everything He did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed Him by hanging Him on a tree, 40 but God raised Him up on the third day and allowed Him to be seen— 41 not by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
• Acts 22:14 : 14 Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from His mouth.
• Acts 26:16-18 : 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you: to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will show you. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.
• Acts 27:24 : 24 saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar. And God has graciously given you the lives of all who are sailing with you.'
• Luke 24:47-48 : 47 And repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things.
• John 15:27 : 27 And you also must testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
• Acts 1:8 : 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
• Acts 1:22 : 22 beginning from John's baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”