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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.

Douay-Rheims

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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  1. Ἀπῆλθεν
    apēlthen
    I come or go away from
    G565 · ἀπέρχομαι
  2. δὲ
    de
    but
    G1161 · δέ
  3. Ἁνανίας
    hananias
    Ananias
    G367 · Ἀνανίας
  4. καὶ
    kai
    and
    G2532 · καί
  5. εἰσῆλθεν
    eisēlthen
    I go in
    G1525 · εἰσέρχομαι
  6. εἰς
    eis
    into
    G1519 · εἰς
  7. τὴν
    tēn
    the
    G3588 · ὁ
  8. οἰκίαν
    oikian
    a house
    G3614 · οἰκία
  9. καὶ
    kai
    and
    G2532 · καί
  10. ἐπιθεὶς
    epitheis
    I put
    G2007 · ἐπιτίθημι
  11. ἐπ᾽
    ep
    on
    G1909 · ἐπί
  12. αὐτὸν
    auton
    he
    G846 · αὐτός
  13. τὰς
    tas
    the
    G3588 · ὁ
  14. χεῖρας
    cheiras
    a hand
    G5495 · χείρ
  15. εἶπεν
    eipen
    to say
    G2036 · ἔπω, ἐρῶ, εἶπον
  16. Σαοὺλ
    saoul
    Saul
    G4549 · Σαούλ
  17. ἀδελφέ
    adelphe
    a brother
    G80 · ἀδελφός
  18. ὁ
    ho
    the
    G3588 · ὁ
  19. Κύριος
    kyrios
    lord
    G2962 · κύριος
  20. ἀπέσταλκέν
    apestalken
    I send forth
    G649 · ἀποστέλλω
  21. με
    me
    I
    G1473 · ἐγώ
  22. Ἰησοῦς
    iēsous
    Jesus
    G2424 · Ἰησοῦς
  23. ὁ
    ho
    the
    G3588 · ὁ
  24. ὀφθείς
    ophtheis
    I see
    G3708 · ὁράω
  25. σοι
    soi
    you
    G4771 · σύ
  26. ἐν
    en
    in
    G1722 · ἐν
  27. τῇ
    tē
    the
    G3588 · ὁ
  28. ὁδῷ
    hodō
    a way
    G3598 · ὁδός
  29. ᾗ
    hē
    who
    G3739 · ὅς, ἥ
  30. ἤρχου
    ērchou
    I come
    G2064 · ἔρχομαι
  31. ὅπως
    hopōs
    how
    G3704 · ὅπως
  32. ἀναβλέψῃς
    anablepsēs
    I look up
    G308 · ἀναβλέπω
  33. καὶ
    kai
    and
    G2532 · καί
  34. πλησθῇς
    plēsthēs
    I fill
    G4130 · πλήθω
  35. Πνεύματος
    pneumatos
    wind
    G4151 · πνεῦμα
  36. Ἁγίου
    hagiou
    set apart
    G40 · ἅγιος