Acts 22:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπεκρίθην, Τίς εἶ, Κύριε; Εἶπέν τε πρός με, Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος, ὃν σὺ διώκεις.

Transliteration

Egō de apekrithēn, Who ei, Kyrie? Eipen te pros me, Egō eimi Iēsous ho Nazōraios, whom you diōkeis.

Grammar Details

• *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

Word Meanings

• *apekrithēn*: answered/responded/replied
• *Kyrie*: Lord/Sir/Master
• *Nazōraios*: Nazarene/of Nazareth/Nazarite
• *diōkeis*: persecute/pursue/harass

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And I answered: what arte thou Lorde? And he sayd vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I answered: Who art thou LORDE? And he sayde vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then I answered, Who art thou, Lorde? And he said to me, I am Iesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I aunswered: Who art thou Lorde? And he sayde vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, ‹I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’

Referenced Verses

• Acts 26:9 : 9 I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• Acts 26:14-15 : 14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.
• 1 Cor 12:12 : 12 For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
• 1 Cor 12:26-27 : 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ and members individually.
• Exod 16:7-8 : 7 And in the morning, you shall see the glory of the LORD; for he hears your complaints against the LORD: and what are we, that you complain against us? 8 And Moses said, This shall be when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against him: and what are we? Your complaints are not against us, but against the LORD.
• 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
• Zech 2:8 : 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts: After the glory has He sent me to the nations which plundered you: for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.
• Matt 2:23 : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
• Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
• Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
• Matt 25:45 : 45 Then he will answer them, saying, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.
• Acts 3:6 : 6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
• Acts 4:10 : 10 Let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.
• Acts 6:14 : 14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses handed down to us.