Acts 9:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

All who heard him were amazed and were saying,“Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες, καὶ ἔλεγον· Οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ πορθήσας ἕν Ἰερουσαλὴμ τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο, καὶ ὧδε εἰς τοῦτο ἐληλύθει, ἵνα δεδεμένους αὐτοὺς ἀγάγῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς;

Transliteration

Existanto de all the akouontes, and elegon: Not this one estin the one porthēsas in Ierousalēm the ones epikaloumenous the onoma this, and here for this elēlythei, hina dedemenous them agagē to the archiereis?

Grammar Details

• *Existanto*: imperfect middle/passive, 3rd plural - were amazed/astonished
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and/now
• *akouontes*: present active participle, nominative masculine plural - hearing/listening
• *elegon*: imperfect active, 3rd plural - were saying
• *estin*: present active, 3rd singular - is
• *porthēsas*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having ravaged/destroyed
• *epikaloumenous*: present middle participle, accusative masculine plural - calling upon
• *onoma*: accusative, neuter singular - name
• *elēlythei*: pluperfect active, 3rd singular - had come
• *hina*: subordinating conjunction - in order that/so that
• *dedemenous*: perfect passive participle, accusative masculine plural - having been bound
• *agagē*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd singular - might bring/lead
• *archiereis*: accusative, masculine plural - chief priests

Word Meanings

• *Existanto*: were amazed/astonished/bewildered
• *porthēsas*: having ravaged/destroyed/persecuted
• *epikaloumenous*: calling upon/invoking/naming
• *agagē*: might lead/bring/carry

Referenced Verses

• Acts 9:13-14 : 13 But Ananias replied,“Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem, 14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”
• Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
• Acts 9:1-2 : 1 The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest 2 and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
• Gal 1:13-24 : 13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it. 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. 15 But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, but right away I departed to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus. 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother. 20 I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you! 21 Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They were only hearing,“The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 So they glorified God because of me.
• 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed– and you did in fact believe our testimony.
• 1 John 3:1 : 1 (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
• Num 23:23 : 23 For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel,‘Look at what God has done!’
• Ps 71:7 : 7 Many are appalled when they see me, but you are my secure shelter.
• Isa 8:18 : 18 Look, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
• Zech 3:8 : 8 Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch.
• Matt 13:54-55 : 54 Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said,“Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers? 55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary? And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
• Mark 5:15-20 : 15 They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind– the one who had the“Legion”– and they were afraid. 16 Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs. 17 Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region. 18 As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him. 19 But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.” 20 So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.
• John 9:8-9 : 8 Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying,“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some people said,“This is the man!” while others said,“No, but he looks like him.” The man himself kept insisting,“I am the one!”
• Acts 2:6 : 6 When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
• Acts 2:12 : 12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”
• Acts 3:10 : 10 and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him.
• Acts 4:13 : 13 When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.