Acts 22:14

12 There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

13 came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.

15 You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
KJV
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
WEB
He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
ASV
And he said, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
DARBY
And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see the just one, and to hear a voice out of his mouth;
BLB
And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice out of His mouth.
ÅB
Og han sa: Våre fedres Gud har utkåret deg til å kjenne hans vilje og se den rettferdige og høre røsten av hans munn;
OTB
Og han sa: ‘Våre forfedres Gud har utvalgt deg til å kjenne hans vilje og til å se den Rettferdige og til å høre et budskap fra hans munn.
B1930
Og han sa: Våre fedres Gud har utkåret dig til å kjenne hans vilje og se den rettferdige og høre røsten av hans munn;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 1:12

    I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:8

    And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

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  • 1 Corinthians 9:1

    Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

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  • Acts 26:16

    ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

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  • Acts 9:15

    “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

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  • Acts 3:13–14

    The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

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  • 1 John 2:1

    My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

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  • Romans 1:1

    Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

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