THEOSISActs 9:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And all that heard him were astonished and said: Is not this he who persecuted in Jerusalem those that called upon this name and came hither for that intent, that he might carry them bound to the chief priests?
εξισταντο δε παντες οι ακουοντες και ελεγον ουχ ουτος εστιν ο πορθησας εν ιερουσαλημ τους επικαλουμενους το ονομα τουτο και ωδε εις τουτο εληλυθεν ινα δεδεμενους αυτους αγαγη επι τους αρχιερεις
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Acts 9:13But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that invoke thy name.
- Acts 8:3But Saul made havock of the church, entering in from house to house: and dragging away men and women, committed them to prison.
- 2 Thess 1:10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be made wonderful in all them who have believed; because our testimony was believed upon you in that day.
- Gal 1:13For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion: how that, beyond measure, I persecuted the church of God and wasted it.
- Gal 1:24And they glorified God in me.
- Matt 13:54And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogues, so that they wondered and said: How came this man by this wisdom and miracles?
- Matt 13:55Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude:
The original text
Greek text, 31 words with lemma, transliteration and Strong’s number. Tap to expand.
- ἘξίσταντοexistantoI astonishG1839 · ἐξίστημι
- δὲdebutG1161 · δέ
- πάντεςpantesallG3956 · πᾶς
- οἱhoitheG3588 · ὁ
- ἀκούοντεςakouontesI hearG191 · ἀκούω
- καὶkaiandG2532 · καί
- ἔλεγονelegonI sayG3004 · λέγω
- Οὐχouchby no meansG3780 · οὐ
- οὗτόςhoutosthisG3778 · οὗτος
- ἐστινestinI amG1510 · εἰμί
- ὁhotheG3588 · ὁ
- πορθήσαςporthēsasI lay wasteG4199 · πορθέω
- εἰςeisintoG1519 · εἰς
- ἸερουσαλὴμierousalēmJerusalemG2419 · Ἱερουσαλήμ
- τοὺςtoustheG3588 · ὁ
- ἐπικαλουμένουςepikaloumenousI call by an additional nameG1941 · ἐπικαλέω
- τὸtotheG3588 · ὁ
- ὄνομαonomanameG3686 · ὄνομα
- τοῦτοtoutothisG3778 · οὗτος
- καὶkaiandG2532 · καί
- ὧδεhōdehereG5602 · ὧδε
- εἰςeisintoG1519 · εἰς
- τοῦτοtoutothisG3778 · οὗτος
- ἐληλύθειelēlytheiI comeG2064 · ἔρχομαι
- ἵναhinain order thatG2443 · ἵνα
- δεδεμένουςdedemenousI bindG1210 · δέω
- αὐτοὺςautousheG846 · αὐτός
- ἀγάγῃagagēI leadG71 · ἄγω
- ἐπὶepionG1909 · ἐπί
- τοὺςtoustheG3588 · ὁ
- ἀρχιερεῖςarchiereishigh priestG749 · ἀρχιερεύς