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Acts 26:16

But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “of Me” (με) before the things here.

ἀλλὰallaButἀλλάconjunction — “But”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.Butἀνάστηθιanastēthiriseἀνίστημι (anistēmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “rise”, a single actionG450I raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear.riseκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andστῆθιstēthistandἵστημι (histēmi)verb, aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular — “stand”, a single actionG2476trans: (a) I make to stand, place, set up, establish, appoint; mid: I place myself, stand, (b) I set in balance, weigh; intrans: (c) I stand, stand by, stand still; met: I stand ready, stand firm, am steadfast.This verse uses “stand”.standἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.uponτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πόδαςpodasfeetπούς (pous)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “feet”, the object formG4228the foot.feetσουsouyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “you”, the of-formG4771you.εἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.forτοῦτοtoutothis purposeοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “this purpose”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.this purposeγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ὤφθηνōphthēnto seeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist passive indicative, 1st person singular — “to see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι, gaze).I will appearσοιsoiunto theeσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “unto thee”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto theeπροχειρίσασθαίprocheirisasthaito appointπροχειρίζομαι (procheirizomai)verb, aorist middle infinitive — “to appoint”, a single actionG4400I appoint, choose, elect, take into hand.This verse uses “appoint”.σεseyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “you”, the object formG4771you.ὑπηρέτηνhupēretēnservantὑπηρέτης (hupēretēs)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “servant”, the object formG5257a servant, an attendant, (a) an officer, lictor, (b) an attendant in a synagogue, (c) a minister of the gospel.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.μάρτυραmarturawitnessμάρτυς (martus)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “witness”, the object formG3144a witness; an eye- or ear-witness.ὧνhōnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.εἶδέςeidesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person singular — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).μεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ὧνhōnwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “which”, the of-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.τεteandτέconjunction — “and”G5037and, both.This verse uses “and”.ὀφθήσομαίophthēsomaito seeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future passive indicative, 1st person singular — “to see”, an action still aheadG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι, gaze).σοιsoiyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things [in which] I will appear to thee,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;

Young’s Literal Translation

but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things [in which] I will appear to thee,

World English Bible

But arise, and stand on your feet , for I have appeared to you for this purpose : to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you ;

Darby Translation

but rise up and stand on thy feet; for, for this purpose have I appeared to thee, to appoint thee to be a servant and a witness both of what thou hast seen, and of what I shall appear to thee in,

Douay-Rheims

But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make thee a minister, and a witness of those things which thou hast seen, and of those things wherein I will appear to thee,

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