Acts 22:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you shall be his witness to all men 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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 him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so must you also bear witness in Rome.
• Acts 4:20 : 20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
• Acts 10:39-41 : 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they killed by hanging on a tree: 40 Him God raised up on the third day, and showed him openly; 41 Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
• Acts 22:14 : 14 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.
• Acts 26:16-18 : 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; 17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.
• Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Do not fear, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and indeed, God has granted you all those who sail with you.
• Luke 24:47-48 : 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And you are witnesses of these things.
• John 15:27 : 27 And you also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
• Acts 1:8 : 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
• Acts 1:22 : 22 Beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection.