Acts 22:8 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 22:8

‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

KJV

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

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Commentary

2 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book III (202)

But again, we allege the same against those who do not recognise Paul as an apostle: that they should either reject the other words of the Gospel which we have come to know through Luke alone, and not make use of them; or else, if they do receive all these, they must necessarily admit also that testimony concerning Paul, when he (Luke) tells us that the Lord spoke at first to him from heaven: "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Now faith comes by hearing, and therefore that change was now presently wrought upon him that heard the words, and heard them directed to himself, which was not wrought upon those who only saw the light; and yet it might afterwards be wrought upon them too.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἀπεκρίθην·	apekrithēn	answered;	G611 →
τίς	tis	Who	G5101 →
εἶ	ei	are You	G1510 →
κύριε;	kurie	Lord?	G2962 →
εἶπέν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
τε	te	then	G5037 →
πρός	pros	to	G4314 →
με·	me	me;	G3165 →
ἐγώ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
εἰμι	eimi	am	G1510 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ναζωραῖος	Nazōraios	of Nazareth	G3480 →
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
σὺ	su	you yourself	G4771 →
διώκεις.	diōkeis	are persecuting.	G1377 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 3:6
But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
leads to
- Acts 3:16
  By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this…
- Acts 4:10
  then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from…
- Acts 10:38
  how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- Acts 9:34
  “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,
- Acts 16:18
  She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And…
Through
Zechariah 2:8
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
leads to
- Psalms 17:8
  Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Deuteronomy 32:10
  He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
- John 15:21–23
  But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.