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cameἐλθὼνtoπρὸςme,ἐμὲandκαὶstanding by meἐπιστὰςhe saidεἶπένto me,μοι‘BrotherἀδελφέSaul,Σαοὺλrecover your sight.’ἀνάβλεψονAnd I,κἀγὼat that veryαὐτῇ τῇhour,ὥρᾳlooked upἀνέβλεψαatεἰςhim.αὐτόν
Acts 22:13
Study it in the app“came to me, and standing by me he said to me, ‘Brother Saul, recover your sight.’ And I, at that very hour, looked up at him.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 22:13, word by word
- cameἐλθὼνelthōn
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthōn” appears- standing by meἐπιστὰςepistas
stand by
To suddenly appear beside someone.
Where else “epistas” appears- he saidεἶπένeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- ‘Brotherἀδελφέadelphe
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphe” appears- SaulΣαοὺλSaoul
Saul
Saul, the Hebrew form of the name: the first king of Israel, and Saul who was later called Paul.
Where else “Saoul” appears- recover your sight.’ἀνάβλεψονanablepson
see again
To see again, a blind man who sees.
Where else “anablepson” appears- And Iκἀγὼkagō
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appears- hourὥρᾳhōrai
hour
One of the twelve parts of the day, counted from morning.
Where else “hōrai” appears
The context
12And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
13 · This verse (above)
14And 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,
To study Acts 22 in a group
1. What it says
Paul tells his story to the crowd: what was he like before, what happened on the road, and what did Ananias say? (vv. 3-16)
2. What it means
Why does Paul begin by saying that he too persecuted the disciples and was zealous for God? (vv. 3-5)
3. How I live it
Telling your own story simply can draw others near. What part of your life could you share with someone without pressuring them?