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Acts 9:11

And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

KJV

ὁ δὲ κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν, ἀναστὰς πορεύθητι ἐπὶ τὴν ῥύμην τὴν καλουμένην εὐθεῖαν καὶ ζήτησον ἐν οἰκίᾳ Ἰούδα Σαῦλον ὀνόματι Ταρσέα· ἰδοὺ γὰρ προσεύχεται,

Greek NT

Et Dominus ad eum : Surge, et vade in vicum qui vocatur Rectus : et quære in domo Judæ Saulum nomine Tarsensem : ecce enim orat.

Vulgate

And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth;

ASV

And the Lord said to him: Arise and go into the street that is called Strait and seek in the house of Judas, one named Saul of Tarsus. For behold he prayeth.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Saul

In the original Greek

22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Σαῦλος
saulos
noun · 15×
Ταρσεύς
tarseus
noun · 2×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εὐθύς
euthus
adjective · 8×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
οἰκία
oikia
noun · 94×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀνίστημι
anistemi
verb · 107×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
Ἰούδας
ioudas
noun · 37×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ῥύμη
rume
noun · 4×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: Ἀναστὰς | Treg/NIV/RP: Ἀναστὰς | WH: Ἀνάστα
  • ἈναστὰςSBLGNT
  • ἈναστὰςTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • ἈνάσταWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

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

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Cross-references

  • 2Chr 7:14 — If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal
  • 2Chr 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
  • 2Chr 33:19 — His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold,
  • Acts 2:21 — And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Acts 8:22 — Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
  • Acts 8:26 — And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
  • Acts 9:1 — And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
  • Acts 9:30 — Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
  • Acts 9:30 — Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
  • Acts 11:13 — And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
  • Acts 11:25 — Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
  • Acts 11:25 — Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
  • Acts 21:39 — But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
  • Acts 21:39 — But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
  • Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
  • Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was
  • Deut 4:29 — But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
  • Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Jer 29:12 — Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
  • Jer 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my Go
  • Job 33:26 — He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
  • John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
  • Luke 11:9 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
  • Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
  • Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • Matt 7:8 — For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
  • Ps 50:15 — And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Zech 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for h