Acts 22:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of 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 rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;›
• 1 Cor 9:1 : 1 ¶ Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
• 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
• Gal 1:12 : 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the 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 went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even] Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 3:13-14 : 13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [him] go. 14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired 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: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.›
• Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
• Acts 5:30 : 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
• Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them 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, The LORD 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, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and [seen] that which is done to you in Egypt:
• Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
• 2 Kgs 21:22 : 22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
• 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, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if [ye be come] to betray me to mine enemies, seeing [there is] no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look [thereon], and rebuke [it].
• 1 Chr 29:18 : 18 O LORD God of Abraham, 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 several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
• 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 [That] prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
• Ezra 7:27 : 27 ¶ Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD 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, [and] I ordained 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 made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast [now] made known unto us the king's matter.
• John 15:16 : 16 ‹Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and› [that] ‹your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.›
• Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,
• 2 Tim 1:1 : 1 ¶ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of 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 acknowledging of the truth which is after 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 sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 ¶ For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in which he was betrayed took bread:
• 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how 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 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.