Acts 9:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Ananias went his way and entered into the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus hath sent me, he that appeared to thee in the way as thou camest, that thou mayest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
απηλθεν δε ανανιας και εισηλθεν εις την οικιαν και επιθεις επ αυτον τας χειρας ειπεν σαουλ αδελφε ο κυριος απεσταλκεν με ο οφθεις σοι εν τη οδω η ηρχου οπως αναβλεψης και πλησθης πνευματος αγιου
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Acts 8:17Then they laid their hands upon them: and they received the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost: and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.
- Acts 6:6These they set before the apostles: and they praying, imposed hands upon them.
- Acts 22:12And one Ananias, a man according to the law, having testimony of all the Jews who dwelt there,
- Acts 22:14But he said: The God of our fathers hath preordained thee that thou shouldst know his will and see the Just One and shouldst hear the voice from his mouth.
- 1 Tim 5:22Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men's sins. Keep thyself chaste.
- Acts 13:52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost.
- 1 Pet 1:22Purifying your souls in the obedience of charity, with a brotherly love, from a sincere heart love one another earnestly:
The original text
Greek text, 36 words with lemma, transliteration and Strong’s number. Tap to expand.
- ἈπῆλθενapēlthenI come or go away fromG565 · ἀπέρχομαι
- δὲdebutG1161 · δέ
- ἉνανίαςhananiasAnaniasG367 · Ἀνανίας
- καὶkaiandG2532 · καί
- εἰσῆλθενeisēlthenI go inG1525 · εἰσέρχομαι
- εἰςeisintoG1519 · εἰς
- τὴνtēntheG3588 · ὁ
- οἰκίανoikiana houseG3614 · οἰκία
- καὶkaiandG2532 · καί
- ἐπιθεὶςepitheisI putG2007 · ἐπιτίθημι
- ἐπ᾽eponG1909 · ἐπί
- αὐτὸνautonheG846 · αὐτός
- τὰςtastheG3588 · ὁ
- χεῖραςcheirasa handG5495 · χείρ
- εἶπενeipento sayG2036 · ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον
- ΣαοὺλsaoulSaulG4549 · Σαούλ
- ἀδελφέadelphea brotherG80 · ἀδελφός
- ὁhotheG3588 · ὁ
- ΚύριοςkyrioslordG2962 · κύριος
- ἀπέσταλκένapestalkenI send forthG649 · ἀποστέλλω
- μεmeIG1473 · ἐγώ
- ἸησοῦςiēsousJesusG2424 · Ἰησοῦς
- ὁhotheG3588 · ὁ
- ὀφθείςophtheisI seeG3708 · ὁράω
- σοιsoiyouG4771 · σύ
- ἐνeninG1722 · ἐν
- τῇtētheG3588 · ὁ
- ὁδῷhodōa wayG3598 · ὁδός
- ᾗhēwhoG3739 · ὅς, ἥ
- ἤρχουērchouI comeG2064 · ἔρχομαι
- ὅπωςhopōshowG3704 · ὅπως
- ἀναβλέψῃςanablepsēsI look upG308 · ἀναβλέπω
- καὶkaiandG2532 · καί
- πλησθῇςplēsthēsI fillG4130 · πλήθω
- ΠνεύματοςpneumatoswindG4151 · πνεῦμα
- Ἁγίουhagiouset apartG40 · ἅγιος