Acts 9:15

Coverdale Bible (1535)

The LORDE sayde vnto him: Go thy waye, for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me, that he maye beare my name before the Heythen, and before kynges, and before the children of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Κύριος, Πορεύου: ὅτι σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς μοι ἐστίν οὗτος, τοῦ βαστάσαι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐνώπιον Ἐθνῶν, καὶ βασιλέων, υἱῶν τε Ἰσραήλ:

Transliteration

But eipen pros him the Kyrios, Poreuou: for skeuos eklogēs to me estin houtos, tou bastasai the onoma of me enōpion Ethnōn, and basileōn, huiōn both of Israēl:

Grammar Details

• *eipen*: aorist, active, 3rd singular - said/spoke
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - to/toward
• *Kyrios*: nominative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *Poreuou*: present imperative, middle, 2nd singular - go/proceed
• *skeuos*: nominative, neuter, singular - vessel/instrument
• *eklogēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of choice/election
• *estin*: present, active, 3rd singular - is
• *houtos*: nominative, masculine, singular - this one
• *tou bastasai*: genitive article + aorist infinitive, active - to bear/carry
• *onoma*: accusative, neuter, singular - name
• *enōpion*: preposition + genitive - before/in the presence of
• *Ethnōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - Gentiles/nations
• *basileōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - kings
• *huiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - sons
• *Israēl*: genitive, masculine, singular - Israel

Word Meanings

• *eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *Poreuou*: go/proceed/journey
• *skeuos*: vessel/instrument/container
• *eklogēs*: of choice/election/selection
• *bastasai*: to bear/carry/support
• *onoma*: name/title/reputation
• *enōpion*: before/in the presence of/in front of
• *Ethnōn*: Gentiles/nations/peoples
• *basileōn*: kings/rulers/monarchs
• *huiōn*: sons/descendants/children

Referenced Verses

• Eph 3:7-8 : 7 wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God, which is geue me acordinge to the workynge of his power. 8 Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen, that I shulde preach amonge the Heythe ye vnsearcheable riches of Christ,
• Gal 1:15-16 : 15 But whan it pleased God which separated me fro my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace, 16 for to declare his sonne in me, that I shulde preach him thorow the Gospell amonge the Heythen, immediatly I commened not of the matter with flesh and bloude:
• Acts 13:2 : 2 As they serued ye LORDE, and fasted, the holy goost sayde: Separate me out Barnabas and Saul for the worke, where vnto I haue called them.
• Rom 1:5 : 5 by whom we haue receaued grace and Apostelshippe amonge all Heythen, to set vp the obedience of faith vnder his name,
• Rom 11:13 : 13 I speake vnto you Heythen: for in as moch as I am ye Apostle of the Heythen, I wil prayse myne office,
• 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 wherevnto I am ordeyned a preacher & an Apostle (I tell ye trueth in Christ and lye not) a teacher of the Heythe in faith and in the trueth.
• 2 Tim 4:16-17 : 16 In my first answerynge no man assisted me, but all forsoke me. I praye God that it be not layed to their charges. 17 Notwitstondynge the LORDE stode by me, & stregthed me, that by me the preachinge shulde be fulfylled to the vttemost, and that all the Heythe shulde heare. And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon.
• Acts 22:21 : 21 And he sayde vnto me: Go thy waye, for I wil sende the farre amonge the Hey then.
• Acts 25:22-26:11 : 22 Agrippa sayde vnto Festus: I wolde fayne heare the man also. He sayde: Tomorow shalt thou heare him. 23 And on the nexte daye came Agrippa & Bernice with greate pompe, and wete in to the comon hall with the captaynes & chefe me of the cite. And at Festus comaundement, Paul was brought forth. 24 And Festus sayde: Kynge Agrippa, and all ye men which are here with vs, ye se this man, aboute whom all the multitude of the Iewes haue entreated me, both at Ierusale and here also, and cried, that he ought not to lyue eny lenger. 25 But whan I perceaued that he had done nothinge worthy off death, and that he himselfe also had appealed vnto the Emperoure, I determyned to sende him, 26 of who I haue no certayne thinge to wryte vnto my lorde. Therfore haue I caused hi to be broughte forth before you, specially before the (O kynge Agrippa) that after examinacion had, I might haue somwhat to wryte. 27 For me thynke it an vnreasonable thinge to sende a presoner, and not to shewe the causes which are layed agaynst him. 1 Agrippa sayde vnto Paul: Thou hast leue to speake for thy selfe.The Paul stretched forth the hande, and answered for himselfe: 2 I thinke my selfe happye (O kynge Agrippa) because I shal answere this daye before the, of all the thinges wherof I am accused of the Iewes: 3 specially for so moch as thou art experte in all customes and questions, which are amonge the Iewes. Wherfore I beseche the, to heare me paciently. 4 My lyuynge truly from youth vp (how it was led from the begynnynge amonge this people at Ierusale) knowe all the Iewes 5 which knewe me afore at the first, yf they wolde testifye, for after the most strayte secte of oure Iewysh lawe, I lyued a Pharise. 6 And now stonde I, and am iudged because of the hope of the promes, that was made of God vnto oure fathers, 7 vnto the which (promes) oure twolue trybes hope to come, seruynge God instatly daye and nighte. For the which hopes sake (O kynge Agrippa) I am accused of the Iewes. 8 Wherfore is this iudged amonge you not to be beleued, that God rayseth vp the deed? 9 I also verely thoughte by my selfe, that I oughte to do many cotrary thinges cleane agaynst the name off Iesus off Nazareth, 10 which I dyd at Ierusalem, whan I shut vp many sayntes in preson, whervpon I receaued auctorite of ye hye prestes. And wha they shulde be put to death, I broughte the sentence. 11 And thorow all the synagoges I punyshed them oft, and compelled the to blaspheme, and was exceadinge mad vpon them, and persecuted them euen vnto straunge cities.
• Acts 26:17-20 : 17 And I wil delyuer the from the people, and from the Heythen, amonge who I wil now sende the, 18 to ope their eyes, that they maye turne from the darknesse vnto the lighte, and from the power of ye deuell vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenesse of synnes, and the enheritaunce with them that are sanctified by faith in me. 19 Wherfore (O kynge Agrippa) I was not faithlesse vnto ye heauely vision, 20 but shewed it first vnto them at Damascon, and at Ierusale, and in all the coastes of Iewry, and to the Heythen, that they shulde do pennaunce, and turne vnto God, and to do the righte workes of pennaunce.
• Acts 26:32 : 32 But Agrippa sayde vnto Festus: This man mighte haue bene lowsed, yf he had not appealed vnto the Emperoure.
• Acts 27:24 : 24 & saide: Feare not Paul, thou must be broughte before the Emperoure. And lo, God hath geuen vnto the all the that sayle with the.
• Acts 28:17-Rom 1:1 : 17 After thre dayes it fortuned, yt Paul called ye chefe of ye Iewes together. And wha they were come, he sayde vnto the: Ye me & brethre I haue comytted nothinge agaynst or people, ner agaynst ye lawes of ye fathers, yet was I boude, delyuered out of Ierusale in to ye Romaynes hades: 18 which wha they had examyned me, wolde haue let me go, for so moch as there was no cause of death i me. 19 But wha ye Iewes spake ye cotrary, I was costrayned to appeale vnto ye Emperor: not as though I had ought to accuse my people of. 20 For this cause haue I called you, eue to se you, & to speake wt you: because yt for ye hope of Israel, I am bounde wt this cheyne. 21 They sayde vnto hi: We haue nether receaued letter out of Iewry cocernynge the, nether came there eny of the brethre, yt shewed or spake eny harme of ye. 22 But we wyl heare of ye what thou thinkest: for we haue herde of this secte, that euery where it is spoken agaynst. 23 And wha they had appoynted hi a daye, there came many vnto hi in to his lodginge: vnto who he expouded ye kyngdome of God & preached vnto the of Iesu, out of ye lawe and out of the prophetes, eue fro mornynge vntyll the eue. 24 And some beleued ye thinge yt he sayde, but some beleued not. 25 But wha they agreed not amoge the selues, they departed, wha Paul had spoke one worde: Full well hath the holy goost spoke by ye prophet Esay vnto or fathers, 26 & sayde: Go vnto this people, and saye: With eares ye shal heare, & not vnderstode: & with eyes shal ye se, & not perceaue. 27 For ye hert of this people is waxed grosse, & they heare hardly wt their eares: & their eyes haue they closed, yt they shulde not once se wt their eyes, & heare wt their eares, & vnderstode i their hertes, and be couerted, yt I mighte heale the. 28 Be it knowne therfore vnto you, yt this saluacio of God is sent vnto ye Heythe, and they shal heare it. 29 And wha he sayde yt, ye Iewes departed, & had a greate disputacion amonge the selues. 30 But Paul abode two whole yeares in his owne hyred dwellinge, & receaued all the yt came in vnto hi, 31 preachinge ye kyngdome of God, and teachinge those thinges which concerne the LORDE Iesus with all boldnesse, vnforbydden. 1 Pavl the seruaunte of Iesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, put aparte to preach the Gospell of God
• Exod 4:12-14 : 12 Go now thy waye therfore, I wil be wt thy mouth, & teach the what thou shalt saye. 13 But Moses sayde: My LORDE, sende whom thou wilt sende. 14 Then was the LORDE very angrie at Moses, and saide: Do not I knowe then, yt thy brother Aaron the Leuite is well spoken? And beholde, he shal go forth to mete ye: & whan he seyth the, he shal reioyse from his hert.
• Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I fasshioned the in thy mothers wobe, I dyd knowe the: And or euer thou wast borne, I sanctified the, & ordened the, to be a prophet vnto the people.
• Jer 1:7 : 7 And the LORDE answered me thus: Saye not so, I am to yonge: For thou shalt go to all that I shall sende the vnto, and what so euer I comaunde the, that shalt thou speake.
• Jonah 3:1-2 : 1 Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Ionas agayne, sayenge: 2 vp, and get the to Niniue that greate cite, & preach vnto them the preachinge, which I bade the.
• Matt 10:18 : 18 And ye shall be brought before prynces and kynges for my sake, in witnes to them and to the gentyls.
• John 15:16 : 16 Ye haue not chosen me, but I haue chosen you, and ordeyned you, that ye go, and bringe forth frute, and that youre frute contynne, that what soeuer ye axe the father in my name, he shulde geue it you.
• Rom 15:15-21 : 15 Neuertheles (brethre) I haue somwhat more boldly wrytten vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembraunce, for the grace that is geue me of God, 16 that I shulde be a mynister of Iesu Christ amonge the Heythen, to declare the gospell of God, that the Heythen mighte be an acceptable offerynge vnto God, sanctified by the holy goost. 17 Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ, that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God. 18 For I durst not speake ought, excepte Christ had wroughte the same by me, to make the Heythen obediet thorow worde and dede, 19 thorow the power of tokens and wonders, and thorow the power of the sprete of God, so that from Ierusale, and roude aboute vnto Illyricon, I haue fylled all with the Gospell of Christ. 20 So haue I enforced myselfe to preach ye Gospell, not where Christes name was knowne, lest I shulde buylde on another mans foundacion, 21 but as it is wrytten: To whom he was not spoken of, they shal se: and they that haue not herde, shal vnderstonde.
• 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace in me hath not bene vayne, but I haue laboured more then they all: howbeit not I but the grace of God which is wt me.
• Gal 1:1 : 1 Paul an Apostle (not of men, nor by ma, but by Iesus Christ & by God the father, which raysed him vp fro ye deed)
• Rom 1:13-15 : 13 But I wolde ye shulde knowe (brethren) how that I haue often tymes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hither to) that I mighte do some good amonge you, like as amonge other Gentyles. 14 I am detter both to the Grekes, and to the vngrekes, to the wyse and to the vnwyse. 15 Wherfore (as moch as i me is) I am ready to preach the Gospell vnto you at Rome also.
• Rom 9:21-24 : 21 Hath not the potter power, out of one lompe of claye to make one vessell vnto honoure, and another vnto dishonoure? 22 Therfore whan God wolde shewe wrath, and to make his power knowne, he broughte forth with greate pacience the vessels off wrath, which are ordeyned to damnacion: 23 that he mighte declare the riches off his glorye on ye vessels of mercy, which he hath prepared vnto glorye, 24 whom he hath called (namely vs) not onely of the Iewes, but also of the Gentyles.
• Acts 21:19 : 19 And whan he had saluted them, he tolde by order, what God had done amoge the Heythen by his mynistracion.
• Rev 17:14 : 14 These shal fyght with the lambe, and the labe shal ouercome them: For he is LORDE of all lordes, and kinge of all kinges: and they that are on his syde, are called, and chosen and faithfull.
• 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 whervnto I am appoynted a preacher and an Apostell, and a teacher of the Heythen:
• 2 Tim 2:4 : 4 No ma that warreth, tangleth him selfe with wordly busynesses, & that because he wolde please him, which hath chosen him to be a soudyer.
• 2 Tim 2:20-21 : 20 Not withstondynge in a greate house are not onely vessels of golde and of syluer, but also of wod and of earth: some for honoure, and some to dishonoure. 21 But yf a man pourge himselfe from soch felowes, he shalbe a vessell sanctified vnto honoure, mete for the LORDE, and prepared vnto all good workes.
• Gal 2:7-9 : 7 but contrary wyse, whan they sawe that the Gospell ouer the vncircumcision was comytted vnto me, as ye Gospell ouer ye circucision was commytted vnto Peter. 8 (For he yt was mightie with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the circumcision, the same was mightie with me also amoge the Heythen) 9 they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me. Iames and Cephas and Ihon, which semed to be pilers, gaue me and Barnabas ye righte handes, and agreed with vs, that we shulde preach amonge the Heythe, and they amonge the Iewes:
• Col 1:25-29 : 25 wherof I am made a mynister, acordinge to ye Godly office of preachinge, which is geuen vnto me amonge you, that I shulde richely preach the worde of God, 26 namely, that mystery which hath bene hyd sence the worlde beganne, and sence the begynnynge of tymes: but now is opened vnto his sayntes, 27 to whom God wolde make knowne the glorious riches of this mistery amoge ye Heythen: which (riches) is Christ in you, eue he that is the hope of glory, 28 who we preach, and warne all men, and teach all men in all wyssdome, to make euery man parfecte in Christ Iesu: 29 Wherin I also laboure, and stryue acordinge to the workynge of him which worketh mightely in me.