Acts 22:13:5Acts.22.13.W5TAB
ἐπιστὰς
epistas
“having stood by”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-STAS
- Extended
- eh-pee-STAHs
- IPA
- /e.piˈstas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having stood by
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-STAS
- sentence
el-THŌN pros e-ME KAI e-pi-STAS EI-PEN moi sa-OUl a-del-PHE a-NA-blep-son ka-GŌ au-TÊI têi HŌ-rai a-NE-blep-sa eis au-TON
Exegesis
The verse begins with two aorist participles, elthon {ἐλθὼν | elthṓn} ‘having come’ and epistas {ἐπιστὰς | epistàs} ‘having stood by’, which function as circumstantial participles providing background actions that precede the main finite verb eipen {εἶπέν | eîpen} ‘he said’. This creates a stepwise narrative: approach, physical presence, and then speech.
In context — Acts 22:13
Having come to me and standing by me, he said to me, “Saul, brother , receive your sight .” And I, at that very hour, received my sight and looked at him.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 22:13, so the Greek word ἐπιστὰς (epistas) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.22.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.13.W5.S1) and character.