Acts 22:8
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Acts 22:8 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
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World English Bible Public Domain
I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
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King James Version Public Domain
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
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King James Version Public Domain
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
Then I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Iesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And I answered: Who art thou, Lord And he said to me: I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
`And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute --
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And I answered, Who are You, Lord? And He said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom you persecute—
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And *I* answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, *I* am Jesus the Nazaraean, whom *thou* persecutest.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Yeshua of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
‘Who are you, Lord?’ I answered. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting,’ he told me.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
I answered, ‘Who are yoʋ, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom yoʋ are persecuting.’
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And I answered: what arte thou Lorde? And he sayd vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.
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- Appears 13× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 2:23
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Case
- Nominative
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Masculine
Full Thayer's Definition
- ἐγὼ egṓ G1473 “I” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Nominative, Singular
- δὲ dé G1161 “but” Conjunction
- ἀπεκρίθην apokrínomai G611 “to answer” Verb, Aorist, Middle deponent, Indicative, 1st person, Singular
- τίς tís G5101 “who” Interrogative pronoun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- εἶ eimí G1510 “to be” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Singular
- κύριε kýrios G2962 “Lord” Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine
- εἶπέν légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- τε té G5037 “and” Particle
- πρός prós G4314 “to” Preposition
- ἐμέ egṓ G1473 “I” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Accusative, Singular
- ἐγώ egṓ G1473 “I” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Nominative, Singular
- εἰμι eimí G1510 “to be” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular
- Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs G2424 “Jesus” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ὁ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- Ναζωραῖος Nazōraîos G3480 “Nazarene” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine
- ὃν hós G3739 “who” Relative pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- σὺ sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Nominative, Singular
- διώκεις diṓkō G1377 “to persecute” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Singular
About this verse
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- 18
- words
- 15
- distinct lemmas
- Acts
- section
Cross-references
14Topical passages linked to Acts 22:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Acts 26:9 "I myself most assuredly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- 1 Samuel 8:7 Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.
- Exodus 16:7–8 and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Yahweh; because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh. Who are we, that you murmur against us?"
- Zechariah 2:8 For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
- Matthew 2:23 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."
- Matthew 10:40–42 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
- Matthew 25:45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
- Acts 3:6 But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"
- Acts 4:10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
- Acts 6:14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
- Acts 26:14–15 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
- Matthew 25:40 "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
- 1 Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 12:26–27 When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
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Lesson kit
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Acts, in the Acts, opens this verse with 18 words (15 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Nazōraîos (“Nazarene”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word Nazōraîos carries the sense “Nazarene.” How does it shape the verse?
- How does Matthew 2:23, which shares the word «Nazarene», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “to be” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
- Compare how Expositor's Greek Testament and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
- “to be” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 15 distinct Greek lemmas span 18 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Acts 22:8 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
McGarvey & Pendleton's Commentaries
J. W. McGarvey
J. W. McGarvey (with Philip Y. Pendleton), Commentaries on the New Testament (The Fourfold Gospel, 1914; Acts; and the epistles) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.