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Acts 22:15
You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ananias addresses Saul immediately after stating that God has appointed him to know the divine will, see the Righteous One, and hear His voice.
The words — The future tense verb ἔσῃ (esē) means “you will be,” combined with μάρτυς (martus), “a witness,” to form a direct commission.
The thread — This witness pattern appears in Acts 4:20 where the apostles state they cannot cease reporting what they have seen and heard, and in John 15:27 where believers are ordered to testify based on their original companionship with Christ.
Why it lands — The verse requires a reader to move from private encounter to public report, treating personal observation of Christ as the necessary basis for testimony.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Cross-references
- Acts 4:20 For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
- Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- John 15:27 And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
- Luke 24:47 and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Acts 10:39 We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
- Acts 27:24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
- Acts 1:22 beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
- Acts 22:14 Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.
- Acts 26:20 First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.