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Acts 22:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?


Acts 22:7Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 22:715 words
GreekMeaning
ἔπεσάepesa
I fellverbG4098
τεte
thenwordG5037
εἰςeis
toprepositionG1519
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἔδαφοςedaphos
groundnounG1475
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἤκουσαēkousa
heardverbG191
φωνῆςphōnēs
a voicenounG5456
λεγούσηςlegousēs
sayingverbG3004
μοιmoi
to mepronounG1473
ΣαοὺλSaoul
SaulnounG4549
ΣαούλSaoul
SaulnounG4549
τίti
whypronounG5100
μεme
MepronounG1473
διώκειςdiōkeis
persecute you?verbG1377
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 22:7

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are this day. Acts 22:3 I am a man, he says, which am a Jew: which thing they liked most of all to hear; born in Tarsus, a city of Cilicia. That they may not again think him to be of another nation, he adds his religion: but brought up in this city.…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 47 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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