ACTS 13:22

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“And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.”

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Acts 13:22 Translation & Meaning

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And καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words And
when he had removed μεταστήσας To transfer, i.e., carry away, depose or (figuratively) exchange, seduce removed
him, αὐτὸν The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons him
he raised up ἤγειρεν To waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence) raised up
unto them αὐτοῖς The 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 them
David Δαβὶδ David, the Israelite king David
to be εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases to be
their king; βασιλέα A sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively) king
to whom The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that to whom
also καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words also
he gave testimony, μαρτυρήσας To be a witness, i.e., testify (literally or figuratively) gave testimony
and said, εἶπεν To speak or say (by word or writing) said
I have found Εὗρον To find (literally or figuratively) found
David Δαβὶδ David, the Israelite king David
the τὸν The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
son (No Greek definition. English implied.)
of Jesse, Ἰεσσαί Jessae (i.e., Jishai), an Israelite Jesse
a man ἄνδρα A man (properly as an individual male) man
after κατὰ (prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined) after
mine own μου Of me own
heart, καρδίαν The heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle heart
which ὃς The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that which
shall fulfil ποιήσει To make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct) fulfil
all πάντα All, any, every, the whole all
my μου Of me my
will. θελήματά A determination (properly, the thing), i.e., (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination will

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  • 20  And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

  • 21  And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

  • 22  And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

  • 23  Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

  • 24  When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.




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