3 {
"verseID": "Acts.22.3",
"source": "Ἐγώ μὲν εἰμι ἀνὴρ Ἰουδαῖος, γεγεννημένος ἐν Ταρσῷ, τῆς Κιλικίας, ἀνατεθραμμένος δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ παρὰ τοὺς πόδας Γαμαλιήλ, πεπαιδευμένος κατὰ ἀκρίβειαν τοῦ πατρῴου νόμου, ζηλωτὴς ὑπάρχων τοῦ Θεοῦ, καθὼς πάντες ὑμεῖς ἐστε σήμερον.",
"text": "*Egō men eimi anēr Ioudaios*, *gegennēmenos* in *Tarsō*, of *Kilikias*, *anatetrammenos* *de* in the *polei tautē para* the *podas Gamaliēl*, *pepaideumenos kata akribeian* of the *patrōou nomou*, *zēlōtēs hyparchōn* of the *Theou*, *kathōs* all you *este sēmeron*.",
"grammar": {
"*Egō*": "personal pronoun, nominative - I",
"*men*": "particle marking contrast - on the one hand/indeed",
"*eimi*": "present indicative, 1st person singular - am",
"*anēr*": "nominative, masculine, singular - man",
"*Ioudaios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jewish/Jew",
"*gegennēmenos*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been born",
"*Tarsō*": "dative, feminine, singular - Tarsus (city name)",
"*Kilikias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - Cilicia (region name)",
"*anatetrammenos*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been brought up/raised",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*polei*": "dative, feminine, singular - city",
"*tautē*": "demonstrative pronoun, dative, feminine, singular - this",
"*para*": "preposition + accusative - beside/at",
"*podas*": "accusative, masculine, plural - feet",
"*Gamaliēl*": "proper noun, genitive - Gamaliel",
"*pepaideumenos*": "perfect passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having been trained/educated",
"*kata*": "preposition + accusative - according to",
"*akribeian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - exactness/strictness",
"*patrōou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - ancestral/paternal",
"*nomou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - law",
"*zēlōtēs*": "nominative, masculine, singular - zealot/enthusiast",
"*hyparchōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being/existing",
"*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - God",
"*kathōs*": "comparative adverb - just as/even as",
"*este*": "present indicative, 2nd person plural - you are",
"*sēmeron*": "adverb - today/this day"
},
"variants": {
"*anēr Ioudaios*": "Jewish man/Jew",
"*gegennēmenos*": "born/having been born",
"*anatetrammenos*": "brought up/raised/educated",
"*para tous podas*": "at the feet of/under the instruction of",
"*pepaideumenos*": "trained/educated/instructed",
"*kata akribeian*": "according to strictness/with exactness/precisely",
"*patrōou nomou*": "ancestral law/law of our fathers",
"*zēlōtēs*": "zealot/enthusiast/zealous adherent",
"*hyparchōn*": "being/existing as/serving as"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Acts.22.4",
"source": "Ὃς ταύτην τὴν ὁδὸν ἐδίωξα ἄχρι θανάτου, δεσμεύων καὶ παραδιδοὺς εἰς φυλακὰς ἄνδρας τε καὶ γυναῖκας.",
"text": "Who this the *hodon* *ediōxa* unto *thanatou*, *desmeuōn* and *paradidous* into *phylakas* *andras* *te* and *gynaikas*.",
"grammar": {
"*hodon*": "accusative, feminine, singular - way/path/road",
"*ediōxa*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I persecuted",
"*thanatou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - death",
"*desmeuōn*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - binding/tying",
"*paradidous*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - delivering/handing over",
"*phylakas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - prisons/watches",
"*andras*": "accusative, masculine, plural - men",
"*te*": "particle - both/and (connective)",
"*gynaikas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - women"
},
"variants": {
"*hodon*": "way/path/road/The Way (as a term for Christianity)",
"*ediōxa*": "persecuted/pursued/harassed",
"*thanatou*": "death/to the point of death",
"*desmeuōn*": "binding/arresting/putting in chains",
"*paradidous*": "delivering/handing over/committing",
"*phylakas*": "prisons/guards/jails"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Acts.22.5",
"source": "Ὡς καὶ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς μαρτυρεῖ μοι, καὶ πᾶν τὸ πρεσβυτέριον: παρʼ ὧν καὶ ἐπιστολὰς δεξάμενος πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς, εἰς Δαμασκὸν ἐπορευόμην, ἄξων καὶ τοὺς ἐκεῖσε ὄντας δεδεμένους εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἵνα τιμωρηθῶσιν.",
"text": "As also the *archiereus martyrei* to me, and all the *presbyterion*: from whom also *epistolas dexamenos pros* the *adelphous*, to *Damaskon eporeuomēn*, *axōn* also those *ekeise ontas dedemenous* to *Ierousalēm*, in order that *timōrēthōsin*.",
"grammar": {
"*archiereus*": "nominative, masculine, singular - high priest",
"*martyrei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - testifies/bears witness",
"*presbyterion*": "nominative, neuter, singular - council of elders/presbytery",
"*epistolas*": "accusative, feminine, plural - letters",
"*dexamenos*": "aorist middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having received",
"*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward",
"*adelphous*": "accusative, masculine, plural - brothers",
"*Damaskon*": "accusative, feminine, singular - Damascus (city name)",
"*eporeuomēn*": "imperfect middle indicative, 1st person singular - I was journeying/traveling",
"*axōn*": "future active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - going to bring/lead",
"*ekeise*": "adverb - there/in that place",
"*ontas*": "present active participle, accusative, masculine, plural - being/who were",
"*dedemenous*": "perfect passive participle, accusative, masculine, plural - having been bound",
"*Ierousalēm*": "accusative, feminine, singular - Jerusalem (city name)",
"*timōrēthōsin*": "aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might be punished"
},
"variants": {
"*archiereus*": "high priest/chief priest",
"*martyrei*": "testifies/bears witness/can testify",
"*presbyterion*": "council of elders/Sanhedrin/presbytery",
"*epistolas*": "letters/epistles/written authorizations",
"*dexamenos*": "having received/accepted/taken",
"*pros tous adelphous*": "to the brothers/to fellow Jews",
"*axōn*": "to bring/intending to bring/to lead",
"*dedemenous*": "bound/in chains/as prisoners",
"*timōrēthōsin*": "might be punished/judged/penalized"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Acts.22.6",
"source": "Ἐγένετο δέ, μοι πορευομένῳ καὶ ἐγγίζοντι τῇ Δαμασκῷ, περὶ μεσημβρίαν, ἐξαίφνης ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ περιαστράψαι φῶς ἱκανὸν περὶ ἐμέ.",
"text": "*Egeneto* *de*, to me *poreuomenō* and *eggizonti* *tē Damaskō*, about *mesēmbrian*, *exaiphnēs* from the *ouranou periastrapsai phōs hikanon peri* me.",
"grammar": {
"*Egeneto*": "aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - it happened/came to pass",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and/now",
"*poreuomenō*": "present middle participle, dative, masculine, singular - journeying/traveling",
"*eggizonti*": "present active participle, dative, masculine, singular - approaching/coming near",
"*tē Damaskō*": "dative, feminine, singular - Damascus (city name)",
"*mesēmbrian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - midday/noon",
"*exaiphnēs*": "adverb - suddenly/unexpectedly",
"*ouranou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - heaven/sky",
"*periastrapsai*": "aorist active infinitive - to flash around/shine around",
"*phōs*": "nominative, neuter, singular - light",
"*hikanon*": "accusative, neuter, singular - sufficient/considerable",
"*peri*": "preposition + accusative - around/about"
},
"variants": {
"*Egeneto*": "it happened/came to pass/occurred",
"*poreuomenō*": "journeying/traveling/going",
"*eggizonti*": "approaching/drawing near to/coming close to",
"*mesēmbrian*": "midday/noon/middle of the day",
"*exaiphnēs*": "suddenly/unexpectedly/all at once",
"*periastrapsai*": "to flash around/shine around/flash all around",
"*phōs hikanon*": "great light/sufficient light/intense light"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Acts.22.7",
"source": "Ἔπεσόν τε εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος, καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς λεγούσης μοι, Σαούλ, Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις;",
"text": "*Epeson te* into the *edaphos*, and *ēkousa phōnēs legousēs* to me, *Saoul*, *Saoul*, why me *diōkeis*?",
"grammar": {
"*Epeson*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I fell",
"*te*": "particle - and/both (connective)",
"*edaphos*": "accusative, neuter, singular - ground/soil",
"*ēkousa*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I heard",
"*phōnēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - voice/sound",
"*legousēs*": "present active participle, genitive, feminine, singular - saying/speaking",
"*Saoul*": "vocative - Saul (Hebrew name)",
"*diōkeis*": "present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you are persecuting"
},
"variants": {
"*Epeson*": "fell/fell down/collapsed",
"*edaphos*": "ground/earth/floor",
"*phōnēs*": "voice/sound/utterance",
"*legousēs*": "saying/speaking/declaring",
"*diōkeis*": "persecute/pursue/harass"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Acts.22.8",
"source": "Ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπεκρίθην, Τίς εἶ, Κύριε; Εἶπέν τε πρός με, Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος, ὃν σὺ διώκεις.",
"text": "*Egō de apekrithēn*, Who *ei*, *Kyrie*? *Eipen te pros* me, *Egō eimi Iēsous ho Nazōraios*, whom you *diōkeis*.",
"grammar": {
"*Egō*": "personal pronoun, nominative - I",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*apekrithēn*": "aorist passive indicative, 1st person singular - I answered",
"*ei*": "present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you are",
"*Kyrie*": "vocative, masculine, singular - Lord/Sir",
"*Eipen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said",
"*te*": "particle - and/both (connective)",
"*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward",
"*Egō eimi*": "present active indicative, 1st person singular with pronoun - I am",
"*Iēsous*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus",
"*ho Nazōraios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - the Nazarene",
"*diōkeis*": "present active indicative, 2nd person singular - you are persecuting"
},
"variants": {
"*apekrithēn*": "answered/responded/replied",
"*Kyrie*": "Lord/Sir/Master",
"*Nazōraios*": "Nazarene/of Nazareth/Nazarite",
"*diōkeis*": "persecute/pursue/harass"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Acts.22.9",
"source": "Οἱ δὲ σὺν ἐμοὶ ὄντες τὸ μὲν φῶς ἐθεάσαντο, καὶ ἔμφοβοι ἐγένοντο· τὴν δὲ φωνὴν οὐκ ἤκουσαν τοῦ λαλοῦντός μοι.",
"text": "The *de* with me *ontes* the *men phōs etheasanto*, and *emphoboi egenonto*; the *de phōnēn* not *ēkousan* of the *lalountos* to me.",
"grammar": {
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*ontes*": "present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - being/who were",
"*men*": "particle marking contrast - on the one hand/indeed",
"*phōs*": "accusative, neuter, singular - light",
"*etheasanto*": "aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they saw/beheld",
"*emphoboi*": "nominative, masculine, plural - afraid/terrified",
"*egenonto*": "aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they became",
"*phōnēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - voice/sound",
"*ēkousan*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they heard",
"*lalountos*": "present active participle, genitive, masculine, singular - speaking/talking"
},
"variants": {
"*ontes*": "being/who were/companions",
"*etheasanto*": "saw/beheld/observed",
"*emphoboi*": "afraid/terrified/fearful",
"*egenonto*": "became/were/turned",
"*phōnēn*": "voice/sound/speech",
"*ēkousan*": "heard/understood/comprehended",
"*lalountos*": "speaking/talking/addressing"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Acts.22.10",
"source": "Εἶπον δέ, Τί ποιήσω, Κύριε; Ὁ δὲ Κύριος εἶπεν πρός με, Ἀναστὰς, πορεύου εἰς Δαμασκόν· κἀκεῖ σοι λαληθήσεται περὶ πάντων ὧν τέτακταί σοι ποιῆσαι.",
"text": "*Eipon de*, What *poiēsō*, *Kyrie*? The *de Kyrios eipen pros* me, *Anastas*, *poreuou* into *Damaskon*; *kakei soi lalēthēsetai peri pantōn hōn tetaktai soi poiēsai*.",
"grammar": {
"*Eipon*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I said",
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*poiēsō*": "future active indicative, 1st person singular - I will do",
"*Kyrie*": "vocative, masculine, singular - Lord/Sir",
"*Kyrios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - Lord",
"*eipen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said",
"*pros*": "preposition + accusative - to/toward",
"*Anastas*": "aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having risen/stood up",
"*poreuou*": "present middle imperative, 2nd person singular - go/proceed",
"*Damaskon*": "accusative, feminine, singular - Damascus (city name)",
"*kakei*": "crasis of *kai* and *ekei* - and there",
"*soi*": "personal pronoun, dative - to you",
"*lalēthēsetai*": "future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be spoken/told",
"*peri*": "preposition + genitive - concerning/about",
"*pantōn*": "genitive, neuter, plural - all things",
"*hōn*": "relative pronoun, genitive, neuter, plural - which",
"*tetaktai*": "perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it has been appointed/ordained",
"*poiēsai*": "aorist active infinitive - to do"
},
"variants": {
"*Eipon*": "said/asked/spoke",
"*poiēsō*": "shall I do/should I do/am I to do",
"*Kyrie*": "Lord/Sir/Master",
"*Anastas*": "rise up/get up/standing up",
"*poreuou*": "go/proceed/journey",
"*kakei*": "and there/there also",
"*lalēthēsetai*": "will be told/will be spoken/will be communicated",
"*tetaktai*": "has been appointed/has been ordained/has been assigned"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Acts.22.11",
"source": "Ὡς δὲ οὐκ ἐνέβλεπον ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης τοῦ φωτὸς ἐκείνου, χειραγωγούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν συνόντων μοι, ἦλθον εἰς Δαμασκόν.",
"text": "As *de* not *eneblepon* from the *doxēs* of the *phōtos ekeinou*, *cheiragōgoumenos* by the *synontōn* to me, *ēlthon* into *Damaskon*.",
"grammar": {
"*de*": "postpositive conjunction - but/and",
"*eneblepon*": "imperfect active indicative, 1st person singular - I could see",
"*doxēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - glory/brightness",
"*phōtos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - light",
"*ekeinou*": "demonstrative pronoun, genitive, neuter, singular - that",
"*cheiragōgoumenos*": "present passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being led by the hand",
"*synontōn*": "present active participle, genitive, masculine, plural - being with/accompanying",
"*ēlthon*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - I came/went"
},
"variants": {
"*eneblepon*": "could see/was seeing/had sight",
"*doxēs*": "glory/brightness/brilliance",
"*cheiragōgoumenos*": "being led by hand/guided by hand",
"*synontōn*": "companions/those with me/fellow travelers",
"*ēlthon*": "came/went/arrived"
}
}