King James Version
Acts 1:22 in the King James Version says “Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witnes...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Acts 1:22 · KJV
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein : and his bishoprick let another take. bishoprick: or, office, or, charge
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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.
And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
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“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“unto”
G2193a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
“that same day”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“to be a witness”
G3144a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"
“resurrection”
G386a standing up again, i.e., (literally) a resurrection from death (individual, genitive case or by implication, (its author)), or (figuratively) a (mor
“of his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“be ordained”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“with”
G4862with or together (but much closer than g3326 or g3844), i.e., by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, additi
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