King James Version
Acts 22:15 in the King James Version says “For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.”
Acts 22:15 · KJV
Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“witness”
G3144a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"
“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
“unto”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“thou hast seen”
G3708by extension, to attend to; by hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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