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Acts 9:13

Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

KJV

ἀπεκρίθη δὲ Ἀνανίας· κύριε, ἤκουσα ἀπὸ πολλῶν περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τούτου, ὅσα κακὰ τοῖς ἁγίοις σου ἐποίησεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ·

Greek NT

Respondit autem Ananias : Domine, audivi a multis de viro hoc, quanta mala fecerit sanctis tuis in Jerusalem :

Vulgate

But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how much evil he did to thy saints at Jerusalem:

ASV

But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κακός
kakos
adjective · 50×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
Ἀνανίας
ananias
noun · 11×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἱερουσαλήμ
ierousalem
noun · 79×
o
article · 19778×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἤκουσα | WH/Treg/NIV: ἤκουσα | RP: ἀκήκοα
  • ἤκουσαSBLGNT
  • ἤκουσαWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀκήκοαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τοῖς ἁγίοις σου ἐποίησεν | WH/Treg/NIV: τοῖς ἁγίοις σου ἐποίησεν | RP: ἐποίησεν τοῖς ἁγίοις σου
  • τοῖς ἁγίοις σου ἐποίησενSBLGNT
  • τοῖς ἁγίοις σου ἐποίησενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐποίησεν τοῖς ἁγίοις σουRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

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Cross-references

  • 1Cor 14:33 — For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
  • 1Tim 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • 1Tim 1:13 — Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • Acts 8:3 — As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
  • Acts 9:1 — And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
  • Acts 9:21 — But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief
  • Acts 9:32 — And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.
  • Acts 22:19 — And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
  • Acts 26:10 — Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
  • Ezek 3:14 — So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
  • Gal 1:13 — For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
  • Gal 1:23 — But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
  • Luke 8:38 — Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
  • Matt 2:22 — But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Ga
  • Matt 4:23 — And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
  • Ps 16:3 — But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.