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Acts 9:17

And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

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ἀπῆλθενapēlthenwent his wayἀπέρχομαι (aperchomai)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “went his way”, a single actionG565I come or go away from, depart, return, arrive, go after, follow.went his wayδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἉνανίαςhananiasAnaniasἉνανίαςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Ananias”, the subject formG367Ananias, (a) husband of Sapphira, a member of the early church at Jerusalem, (b) a member of the church at Damascus, (c) the high priest at Jerusalem.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἰσῆλθενeisēlthenenteredεἰσέρχομαι (eiserchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “entered”, a single actionG1525I go in, come in, enter.enteredεἰςeisintoεἰςpreposition — “into”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “into”.intoτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οἰκίανoikianhouseοἰκία (oikia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “house”, the object formG3614a house, household, dwelling; meton: goods, property, means.the houseκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐπιθεὶςepitheisputtingἐπιτίθημι (epitithēmi)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “putting”, a single actionG2007I put, place upon, lay on; I add, give in addition.puttingἐπ’eponἐπί (epi)preposition — “on”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.onαὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.χεῖραςcheirashandχείρ (cheir)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “hand”, the object formG5495a hand.εἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidΣαοὺλsaoulSaulΣαούλnoun, vocative, singular, masculine — “Saul”, the calling formG4549Saul, (a) the first king of Israel, (b) the Hebrew name of the Apostle to the Gentiles.Saulἀδελφέadelphebrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, singular, masculine — “brother”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkuriosLordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordἀπέσταλκένapestalkenhath sentἀποστέλλω (apostellō)verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hath sent”, a completed action with a present resultG649I send forth, send (as a messenger, commission, etc.), send away, dismiss.hath sentμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ὀφθείςophtheisto seeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “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).σοιsoiyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, singular — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.τῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ὁδῷhodōroadὁδός (hodos)noun, dative, singular, feminine — “road”, the to- or for-formG3598a way, road, journey, path.This verse uses “road”.ᾗhēwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, dative, singular, feminine — “which”, the to- or for-formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἤρχουērchouto comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, imperfect middle indicative, 2nd person singular — “to come”, an ongoing action in the pastG2064I come, go.ὅπωςhopōsthatὅπωςconjunction — “that”G3704how, in order that, so that, that.thatἀναβλέψῃςanablepsēsthou mightest receive thy sightἀναβλέπω (anablepō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person singular — “thou mightest receive thy sight”, a single actionG308I look up, recover my sight.thou mightest receive thy sightκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπλησθῇςplēsthēsbe filled withπίμπλημι (pimplēmi)verb, aorist passive subjunctive, 2nd person singular — “be filled with”, a single actionG4130I fill, fulfill, complete.be filled withπνεύματοςpneumatosGhostπνεῦμα (pneuma)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “Ghost”, the of-formG4151wind, breath, spirit.Ghostἁγίουhagiouholyἅγιος (hagios)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “holy”, the of-formG40set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.This verse uses “holy”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him [his] hands, said, 'Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me — Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming — that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Ananias departed, and entered into the house; and laying his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Ananias departed and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Darby Translation

And Ananias went and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him he said, Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus that appeared to thee in the way in which thou camest, that thou mightest see, and be filled with [the] Holy Spirit.

Douay-Rheims

And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house. And laying his hands upon him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus hath sent me, he that appeared to thee in the way as thou camest; that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

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