Acts 22:8

Acts 22:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. “ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)So I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’

Context of Acts 22:8

6Paul continued to say, ‘As I was travelling, I came near to Damascus. About midday, a bright light from the sky suddenly shone round me. 7I fell down to the ground. Then I heard a voice that said to me, “Saul, Saul, why do you fight against me?” “Lord, who are you?” I asked. He said to me, “I am Jesus from Nazareth. And you are fighting against me.” 9The men who travelled with me saw the light. But they did not understand the voice that spoke to me. 10I asked, “Lord, what must I do?” He said to me, “Get up now and go into Damascus. When you arrive in the city, someone will come to you. He will tell you what God wants you to do.”

Acts 22:8 word by word

ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπεκρίθην· τίς εἶ κύριε; εἶπέν τε πρός με· ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὃν σὺ διώκεις.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• art thouεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• of Nazarethὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of NazarethΝαζωραῖοςNazōraios · NazarethG3480
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• persecutestδιώκωdiōkō · to pursueG1377

Cross-references for Acts 22:8

• Acts 3:6Then Peter said to the man, ‘I do not have any money. But I do have something else that I will give to you. Jesus Christ from Nazareth gave me authority to do this. So now I tell you to walk!’
• Acts 4:10Now I need to tell you and all the people of Israel what is true. Then you will know how this happened. This man is standing here in front of you and he is well. His legs are strong because of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and his authority. You fixed Jesus to a cross so that he died. But after that, God caused him to become alive again.
• Acts 6:14We also heard him talk about Jesus, the man who comes from Nazareth. He said that Jesus will destroy this place. He also said that Jesus will change the way that Moses taught us to live.’
• Matthew 2:23So Joseph went there and he lived in a town called Nazareth. Long ago God's prophets had said about God's Messiah, ‘He will be called a person from Nazareth.’ Now this had become true.
• Acts 26:14All of us fell down to the ground. I heard a voice that spoke to me in my own language, Hebrew. He said “Saul, Saul, why do you fight against me? You are like an ox that kicks against its master's stick. So you are hurting yourself.”
• Exodus 16:7Then, in the morning, you will see how great the Lord is. The Lord has heard the bad things that you have said against him. We, Moses and Aaron, are the Lord's servants. So you are complaining against him, not against us!’
• 1 Samuel 8:7The Lord said to Samuel, ‘Listen to everything that the people are saying to you. I myself should be their king. So it is not you that they refuse to accept. It is me that they do not accept to be their king.
• Zechariah 2:8Return because the Lord says, ‘Anyone that attacks you is attacking the Lord's people. He is attacking the people that the Lord loves.’ So the Lord Almighty sent me, Zechariah, with this message about the countries that have robbed his people.
• Matthew 10:40Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone accepts you in his home, then he is also accepting me. And anyone who accepts me, also accepts my Father God, who sent me.
• Matthew 25:40The king will answer them, “I tell you this: You did all these things to help other people. They were not important people, but they were my friends. When you helped them, then you also helped me.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:12Each person has only one body, but that body has many parts. All those different parts make only one body. It is like that with Christ too.

Commentaries on Acts 22:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 See the notes on Acts 9:3-7. Acts 22:6 As I made my journey - As I was on my journey. About noon - Acts 26:13, “at mid-day.” This circumstance is omitted by Luke in his account in Acts 22:11 The glory of that light - The splendor, the intense brilliancy of the light. See this and its effects explained in the notes on Acts 9:8.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21Paul gives his most complete defense of his life and faith before his own people in Jerusalem. This speech shows his flexibility as a missionary, just as his message to the Greek philosophers in Athens also did (17:22–31; see 1 Corinthians 9:20–23). He begins by showing his close connection with his audience. He explains his Jewish background and his training under Gamaliel the Elder (a respected Jewish teacher). He also describes his strong desire to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Jesus of Nazareth--the Nazarene. See on Ac 9:5.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 22:8

• Damascus
• Paul

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• Jesus
• Nazareth
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Nazareth, Nazarene
• Antonia
• Hence
• James
• Paul
• Persecute
• Scourge

Commentaries on Acts 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings