The Meaning of Acts 26:15 Explained

Acts 26:15

KJV: And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

YLT: 'And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;

Darby: And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

ASV: And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Acts 26:15?

MEANING: What does Acts 26:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Acts 26:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Acts 26:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And  I  said,  Who  art thou,  Lord?  And  he said,  I  am  Jesus  whom  thou  persecutest. 

What does Acts 26:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Acts 26:12-21 - Obedient To His Heavenly Vision
Nowhere else is there such deliverance from the glare and cross-lights of earth as is afforded by a vision of the face of Jesus, brighter than the sun at noon. To everyone there comes the opportunity of catching a vision of that face, sometimes reflected in a human one, as Paul first saw it in the countenance of Stephen. It confronts us when we go on forbidden paths, and summons us to arise and follow the life which is life indeed.
Acts 26:16 : What we have seen is only a part of the great unveiling. He will show us other and greater things than these. Acts 26:17 : We shall be delivered, even as we are sent. The Master holds Himself responsible for our safety while we are engaged in His work. Acts 26:18 : We have here an anticipation of Colossians 1:19.
We must not disobey the heavenly visions that visit us. When Paul in his dream beheld the beckoning Macedonian, he made a straight course for Europe. Sometimes, in obeying, the first appearances are discouraging, as when the missionaries, on landing at Philippi, met only a few women beside the little river; but the final results will justify the first stepping-out of faith. [source]

Chapter Summary: Acts 26

1  Paul, in the presence of Agrippa, declares his life from his childhood;
12  and how miraculously he was converted, and called to his apostleship
24  Festus charges him with being insane, whereunto he answers modestly
28  Agrippa is almost persuaded to be a Christian
31  The whole company pronounces him innocent

What do the individual words in Acts 26:15 mean?

I then said Who are You Lord - And the Lord said I am Jesus whom you are persecuting
Ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα Τίς εἶ Κύριε Ὁ δὲ Κύριος εἶπεν Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὃν σὺ διώκεις

εἶπα  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 1st Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
εἶ  are  You 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
Κύριε  Lord 
Parse: Noun, Vocative Masculine Singular
Root: κύριος  
Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord.
Ὁ  - 
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: ὁ  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
Κύριος  the  Lord 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: κύριος  
Sense: he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord.
εἶπεν  said 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: λέγω  
Sense: to speak, say.
Ἰησοῦς  Jesus 
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular
Root: Ἰησοῦς  
Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor.
ὃν  whom 
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Masculine Singular
Root: ὅς 
Sense: who, which, what, that.
διώκεις  are  persecuting 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 2nd Person Singular
Root: διώκω  
Sense: to make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away.

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