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Acts 1:22

Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

KJV

ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ βαπτίσματος Ἰωάννου ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἀνελήμφθη ἀφ’ ἡμῶν, μάρτυρα τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ σὺν ἡμῖν γενέσθαι ἕνα τούτων.

Greek NT

incipiens a baptismate Joannis usque in diem qua assumptus est a nobis, testem resurrectionis ejus nobiscum fieri unum ex istis.

Vulgate

beginning from the baptism of John, unto the day that he was received up from us, of these must one become a witness with us of his resurrection.

ASV

Beginning from the baptism of John, until the day wherein he was taken up from us, one of these must be made a witness with us of his resurrection.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάπτισμα
baptisma
noun · 20×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
μάρτυς
martus
noun · 35×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
ἀνάστασις
anastasis
noun · 42×
ἀναλαμβάνω
analambano
verb · 13×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἄχρι
achri
adverb · 49×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: σὺν ἡμῖν γενέσθαι | WH/Treg/NIV: σὺν ἡμῖν γενέσθαι | RP: γενέσθαι σὺν ἡμῖν
  • σὺν ἡμῖν γενέσθαι — SBLGNT
  • σὺν ἡμῖν γενέσθαι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • γενέσθαι σὺν ἡμῖν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§523St. John the Baptist is the Lord's immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way.196 "Prophet of the Most High", John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last.197 He inaugurates the Gospel, already from his mother's womb welcomes the coming of Christ, and rejoices in being "the friend of the bridegroom", whom he points out as "the Lamb of God, who takes a…
§535Jesus' public life begins with his baptism by John in the Jordan.228 John preaches "a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins".229 A crowd of sinners230 - tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes - come to be baptized by him. "Then Jesus appears." the Baptist hesitates, but Jesus insists and receives baptism. Then the Holy Spirit, in the f…
§642Everything that happened during those Paschal days involves each of the apostles - and Peter in particular - in the building of the new era begun on Easter morning. As witnesses of the Risen One, they remain the foundation stones of his Church. the faith of the first community of believers is based on the witness of concrete men known to the Christians and for the most part sti…
…and 1 more from this source.
§36The Acts of the Apostles provides evidence that Christian proclamation was engaged from the very first with the philosophical currents of the time. In Athens, we read, Saint Paul entered into discussion with “certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers” (17:18); and exegetical analysis of his speech at the Areopagus has revealed frequent allusions to popular beliefs deriving for t…

Cross-references

  • 1John 1:2 — (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
  • Acts 1:2 — Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
  • Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth
  • Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth
  • Acts 2:32 — This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
  • Acts 4:33 — And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
  • Acts 4:33 — And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
  • Acts 10:41 — Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
  • Acts 13:24 — When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
  • Heb 2:3 — How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
  • John 12:17 — The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
  • Luke 24:48 — And ye are witnesses of these things.
  • Mark 1:1 — The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
  • Matt 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,