Acts 22:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will and see that Righteous One, and should 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he sayde the God of oure fathers hath ordeyned the before that thou shuldest knowe his will and shuldest se that which is rightfull and shuldest heare the voyce of his mouth:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He sayde: The God of oure fathers hath ordeyned the before, that thou shuldest knowe his wyll, and se the thinge yt is rightfull, and heare the voyce out of his mouth:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he sayd, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee, that thou shouldest knowe his wil, and shouldest see that Iust one, and shouldest heare the voyce of his mouth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he said: The God of our fathers hath ordeyned thee before, that thou shouldest knowe his wyll, and see that iuste one, and shouldest heare the voyce of his mouth.

• 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he said, The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of his mouth,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then he said,‘The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

Referenced Verses

• Acts 26:16 : 16 But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will appear to you;
• 1 Cor 9:1 : 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
• 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 And last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
• Gal 1:12 : 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers,
• Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to 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 the house; and laying his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your 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, has glorified His Son Jesus; whom you delivered, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. 14 But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you;
• Acts 22:18 : 18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.
• Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things written in the law and in the prophets:
• Acts 5:30 : 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging on a tree.
• Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they lived as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out of it.
• Exod 3:13-16 : 13 And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they say to me, What is his name? what shall I say to them? 14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And he said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. 15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt:
• Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a 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 did not walk in the way of the LORD.
• 1 Chr 12:17 : 17 And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If you have come peacefully to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see and judge.
• 1 Chr 29:18 : 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart towards You:
• 2 Chr 28:25 : 25 And in every city of Judah, he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
• 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 That prepares 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, who has 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 you in the womb I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
• Dan 2:23 : 23 I thank you, and praise you, O God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might, and has made known to me now what we desired of you: for you have now made known to us the king's matter.
• John 15:16 : 16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you.
• Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it pleased God, who set me apart 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 chosen ones, and the acknowledgment of the truth which is in accordance with godliness;
• 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth:
• 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For I have received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread.
• 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also 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, set apart for the gospel of God,
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.