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The Damascus road — the persecutor arrested 9:1–9
vv. 1–2 — Saul armed with letters for Damascus
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Ὁ δὲ Σαῦλος ἔτι ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου εἰς τοὺς μαθητὰς τοῦ κυρίου,participial — preposed circumstantial carrying the subject — ἐμπνέων: his very breath is menace (NT hapax); leans on ᾐτήσατο
προσελθὼν τῷ ἀρχιερεῖparticipial — second preposed participle — the persecutor seeks official warrant
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ᾐτήσατο παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστολὰς εἰς Δαμασκὸν πρὸς τὰς συναγωγάς,independent — indirect middle ᾐτήσατο — letters for his own use; the synagogues as extradition addresses
ὅπως ἐάν τινας εὕρῃ τῆς ὁδοῦ ὄντας, ἄνδρας τε καὶ γυναῖκας,conditional — ὅπως opens the purpose, the ἐάν-protasis embedded before its verb — ἡ ὁδός, 'the Way,' the movement's earliest self-designation
δεδεμένους ἀγάγῃ εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ.purpose — the apodosis completes the ὅπως clause — δεδεμένους fronted: bound is the point
vv. 3–6 — the light, the voice, the command
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Ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαιphrase modifier — fronted ἐν τῷ + infinitive — Luke's temporal frame; leans on ἐγένετο
ἐγένετο αὐτὸν ἐγγίζειν τῇ Δαμασκῷ,independent — Lukan ἐγένετο + accusative-infinitive — Septuagintal narrative idiom
ἐξαίφνης τε αὐτὸν περιήστραψεν φῶς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,independent — περιήστραψεν — the lightning-verb; the theophany strikes mid-road
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καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆνparticipial — preposed aorist participle — leans on ἤκουσεν
ἤκουσεν φωνὴν λέγουσαν αὐτῷ·independent — accusative φωνήν — Saul hears the utterance as address (contrast v. 7)
Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις;content — doubled Semitic vocative (Exod 3:4; 1 Sam 3:10) — με: the exalted Christ identified with his persecuted people
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εἶπεν δέ·independent — the counter-question — Saul answers the unseen voice
Τίς εἶ, κύριε;content — κύριε — at minimum 'sir,' about to become confession
ὁ δέ·independent — elliptical reply-frame — the verb of saying suppressed
Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦςcontent — the self-identification — the heavenly κύριος bears the earthly name
ὃν σὺ διώκεις·relative — emphatic σύ — the charge of v. 4 made personal; the Western goad-saying (cf. 26:14) is absent from the text here
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ἀλλὰ ἀνάστηθιcontent — ἀλλά breaks off — no rebuke elaborated, only command
καὶ εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν πόλιν,content — the persecutor sent into the city he meant to purge
καὶ λαληθήσεταί σοιcontent — divine passive — the plan withheld, to be mediated through Ananias
ὅ τί σε δεῖ ποιεῖν.content — indirect question as subject of λαληθήσεται — δεῖ, Luke's verb of divine necessity
vv. 7–9 — the companions, the blindness, the fast
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οἱ δὲ ἄνδρες οἱ συνοδεύοντες αὐτῷ εἱστήκεισαν ἐνεοί,independent — pluperfect εἱστήκεισαν with stative force — frozen mid-scene
ἀκούοντες μὲν τῆς φωνῆςparticipial — genitive τῆς φωνῆς — a sound reached them; 22:9's accusative denies the intelligible address: the classical distinction, almost certainly deliberate
μηδένα δὲ θεωροῦντες.participial — μέν ... δέ — sound without sight; the revelation is Saul's alone
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ἠγέρθη δὲ Σαῦλος ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς,independent — passive-form ἠγέρθη — raised from where the light felled him
ἀνεῳγμένων δὲ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦparticipial — genitive absolute, concessive — leans on ἔβλεπεν
οὐδὲν ἔβλεπεν·independent — the seer of the light blinded — imperfect: an ongoing dark
χειραγωγοῦντες δὲ αὐτὸνparticipial — χειραγωγοῦντες — the man with the warrants led like a child; leans on εἰσήγαγον
εἰσήγαγον εἰς Δαμασκόν.independent — the entry planned in power made in helplessness
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καὶ ἦν ἡμέρας τρεῖς μὴ βλέπων,independent — periphrastic — three days of dark before rising, light, and baptism
καὶ οὐκ ἔφαγεν οὐδὲ ἔπιεν.independent — the fast of the stricken — penitence and preparation together
Ananias — the double vision and the baptism 9:10–19a
vv. 10–12 — the Lord's instructions: the street called Straight
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Ἦν δέ τις μαθητὴς ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὀνόματι Ἁνανίας,independent — the second actor introduced — an otherwise unknown disciple; the church is already in Damascus
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν ὁράματι ὁ κύριος·independent — ἐν ὁράματι — the first panel of the double vision
Ἁνανία.content — the bare vocative call — the pattern of 1 Sam 3
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν·independent — the answering frame
Ἰδοὺ ἐγώ, κύριε.content — hinneni — the servant's verbless answer (Gen 22:1; 1 Sam 3:4; Isa 6:8)
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ὁ δὲ κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν·independent — verbless speech-frame — the dialogue quickens
Ἀναστὰς πορεύθητι ἐπὶ τὴν ῥύμην τὴν καλουμένην Εὐθεῖανcontent — attendant ἀναστάς + imperative — the address given with documentary precision; the street still crosses Damascus
καὶ ζήτησον ἐν οἰκίᾳ Ἰούδα Σαῦλον ὀνόματι Ταρσέα·content — Ταρσέα — the home city named, anticipating v. 30
ἰδοὺ γὰρ προσεύχεται,cause — the grounds — the persecutor's breath (v. 1) has become prayer
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καὶ εἶδεν ἄνδρα ὀνόματι Ἁνανίαν εἰσελθόντα καὶ ἐπιθέντα αὐτῷ χεῖραςcause — coordinate with προσεύχεται under the same γάρ — the second panel: Saul's vision reported inside the Lord's
ὅπως ἀναβλέψῃ.purpose — the goal of the laid-on hands — ἀναβλέπω, the chapter's recovery verb
vv. 13–16 — the objection and the election word
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ἀπεκρίθη δὲ Ἁνανίας·independent — the objection-frame — the commissioned servant demurs (cf. Moses, Jeremiah)
Κύριε, ἤκουσα ἀπὸ πολλῶν περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τούτου,content — τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τούτου — distancing: Saul's reputation has outrun him
ὅσα κακὰ τοῖς ἁγίοις σου ἐποίησεν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ·content — ὅσα κακά — indirect exclamation; οἱ ἅγιοι, the believers first so named in Acts
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καὶ ὧδε ἔχει ἐξουσίαν παρὰ τῶν ἀρχιερέωνcontent — ὧδε — the danger is present and local; how Ananias knows of the letters is left untold
δῆσαι πάντας τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομά σου.content — epexegetic infinitive — 'those who call on the name,' the oldest designation of the believers (cf. Joel 3:5)
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εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος·independent — the overruling
Πορεύου,content — the objection answered by repeating the imperative of v. 11
ὅτι σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς ἐστίν μοι οὗτοςcause — σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς — Hebraic genitive of quality, 'a vessel of election': the persecutor is already chosen
τοῦ βαστάσαι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐνώπιον ἐθνῶν τε καὶ βασιλέων υἱῶν τε Ἰσραήλ·purpose — τοῦ + infinitive of purpose — the Pauline mission mapped: Gentiles first in the list, Israel last
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ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑποδείξω αὐτῷcause — coordinate grounds — emphatic ἐγώ: the Lord takes over Saul's instruction
ὅσα δεῖ αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματός μου παθεῖν.content — ὅσα ... παθεῖν answers ὅσα κακά (v. 13) — the binder of the name-callers will suffer for the name
vv. 17–19a — the hands, the scales, the baptism
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Ἀπῆλθεν δὲ Ἁνανίαςindependent — the obedience — one verb, no further protest
καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν,independent — the house of v. 11 — the vision's script enacted
καὶ ἐπιθεὶς ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖραςparticipial — preposed participle — Saul's own vision (v. 12) fulfilled; leans on εἶπεν
εἶπεν·independent — the speech-frame
Σαοὺλ ἀδελφέ, ὁ κύριος ἀπέσταλκέν με,content — ἀδελφέ — the persecutor greeted as family; perfect ἀπέσταλκεν, a standing commission
Ἰησοῦς ὁ ὀφθείς σοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷphrase modifier — apposition — the κύριος of the visions named as the Jesus of the road; ὀφθείς, the resurrection-appearance verb
ᾗ ἤρχου,relative — attracted relative (ᾗ for ἥν) — the road remembered
ὅπως ἀναβλέψῃς καὶ πλησθῇς πνεύματος ἁγίου.purpose — the double purpose — sight and Spirit together, with no apostolic mediation from Jerusalem
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καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέπεσαν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὡσεὶ λεπίδες,independent — ὡσεὶ λεπίδες — 'as it were scales': the simile offered as appearance, not diagnosis
ἀνέβλεψέν τεindependent — ἀναβλέπω — the purpose of vv. 12 and 17 accomplished
καὶ ἀναστὰςparticipial — preposed participle — the ἀνάστηθι of v. 6 completed; leans on ἐβαπτίσθη
ἐβαπτίσθη,independent — the seal — the persecutor joins those he came to bind
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καὶ λαβὼν τροφὴνparticipial — preposed participle — the three-day fast ends; leans on ἐνίσχυσεν
ἐνίσχυσεν.independent — ἐνίσχυσεν — bodily restoration closes the conversion scene
Saul in Damascus — the proclamation and the basket 9:19b–25
vv. 19b–22 — εὐθέως in the synagogues
Ἐγένετο δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐν Δαμασκῷ μαθητῶν ἡμέρας τινάς,independent — v. 19b — Lukan ἐγένετο; the hunter now numbered among the hunted
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καὶ εὐθέως ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς ἐκήρυσσεν τὸν Ἰησοῦνindependent — εὐθέως + inceptive imperfect — the synagogues addressed in v. 2's letters become his pulpit
ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ.content — ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ — only here in Acts as a proclamation title; the content of the road made public
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ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντεςindependent — iterative imperfect — the amazement renews with every hearing
καὶ ἔλεγον·independent — the speech-frame for the crowd's double question
οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ πορθήσας ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ τοὺς ἐπικαλουμένους τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο,content — πορθήσας — 'ravaged': Paul's own verb for his past (Gal 1:13, 23)
καὶ ὧδε εἰς τοῦτο ἐληλύθειcontent — pluperfect ἐληλύθει — his errand recalled mid-question
ἵνα δεδεμένους αὐτοὺς ἀγάγῃ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς;purpose — epexegetic to εἰς τοῦτο — v. 2 quoted back almost verbatim
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Σαῦλος δὲ μᾶλλον ἐνεδυναμοῦτοindependent — imperfect passive — strength given, and growing
καὶ συνέχυννεν Ἰουδαίους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν Δαμασκῷ,independent — συνέχυννεν — threw into confusion; the debater's verb
συμβιβάζωνparticipial — συμβιβάζων — 'putting together': arguing the case from the Scriptures
ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός.content — the messianic thesis — paired with 'Son of God' (v. 20), the chapter's double confession
vv. 23–25 — the plot and the basket
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Ὡς δὲ ἐπληροῦντο ἡμέραι ἱκαναί,conditional — temporal ὡς (typed cnd; no temporal key) — Luke's 'many days' covers the Arabian interval of Gal 1:17–18
συνεβουλεύσαντο οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν·independent — ἀνελεῖν — the section's recurring murder-verb (vv. 24, 29)
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ἐγνώσθη δὲ τῷ Σαύλῳ ἡ ἐπιβουλὴ αὐτῶν.independent — ἐπιβουλή — the first of the plots that will track Paul through Acts
παρετηροῦντο δὲ καὶ τὰς πύλας ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτὸςindependent — iterative imperfect — the city sealed; 2 Cor 11:32 names the ethnarch under King Aretas
ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀνέλωσιν·purpose — the watch's purpose — the verb of v. 23 repeated
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λαβόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦparticipial — preposed participle — οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, 'his disciples': the harder reading stands; Saul already has converts; leans on καθῆκαν
νυκτὸς διὰ τοῦ τείχους καθῆκαν αὐτὸνindependent — διὰ τοῦ τείχους — through a window in the wall (2 Cor 11:33)
χαλάσαντες ἐν σπυρίδι.participial — means participle — σπυρίς, the hamper of the feeding stories; Paul tells the escape against himself in 2 Cor 11:30–33
Saul in Jerusalem — Barnabas, the Hellenists, the church's peace 9:26–31
vv. 26–27 — feared by the disciples, sponsored by Barnabas
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Παραγενόμενος δὲ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμparticipial — preposed participle — three years after the road (Gal 1:18); leans on ἐπείραζεν
ἐπείραζεν κολλᾶσθαι τοῖς μαθηταῖς·independent — conative imperfect — the attempts repeatedly rebuffed
καὶ πάντες ἐφοβοῦντο αὐτόν,independent — Ananias' fear (v. 13) written church-wide — they cannot believe their persecutor
μὴ πιστεύοντεςparticipial — causal participle — the ground of the fear
ὅτι ἐστὶν μαθητής.content — retained present ἐστίν in indirect discourse
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Βαρναβᾶς δὲ ἐπιλαβόμενος αὐτὸνparticipial — the 'son of encouragement' (4:36) lives his name; leans on ἤγαγεν
ἤγαγεν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλουςindependent — the sponsorship — Gal 1:18–19 names Cephas and James
καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτοῖςindependent — Barnabas tells Saul's story for him
πῶς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶδεν τὸν κύριονcontent — indirect question — the seeing that makes an apostle (1 Cor 9:1)
καὶ ὅτι ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ,content — the Lord as subject — the road retold as Christ's act
καὶ πῶς ἐν Δαμασκῷ ἐπαρρησιάσατο ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ.content — παρρησιάζομαι — the boldness-verb now attaches to Saul (v. 28; 13:46)
vv. 28–30 — the Hellenists and the sending to Tarsus
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καὶ ἦν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν εἰσπορευόμενος καὶ ἐκπορευόμενος ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ,independent — periphrastic with paired participles — Semitic idiom for free public movement
παρρησιαζόμενος ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου,participial — third periphrastic participle — Barnabas' report (v. 27) verified in Jerusalem
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ἐλάλει τε καὶ συνεζήτει πρὸς τοὺς Ἑλληνιστάς·independent — the Greek-speaking synagogues — Stephen's old arena (6:9–10), Saul now on Stephen's side of it
οἱ δὲ ἐπεχείρουν ἀνελεῖν αὐτόν.independent — conative imperfect — the Damascus pattern repeats in Jerusalem
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ἐπιγνόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶparticipial — preposed participle — leans on κατήγαγον
κατήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς Καισάρειανindependent — down to the coast — an escorted exit, the second escape
καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν αὐτὸν εἰς Ταρσόν.independent — home to Cilicia (cf. Gal 1:21) — offstage until Barnabas fetches him (11:25)
v. 31 — the summary: the church at peace
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Ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐκκλησία καθ᾽ ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Γαλιλαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας εἶχεν εἰρήνην,independent — μὲν οὖν panel-summary — singular ἡ ἐκκλησία spanning three regions (Western text: plural): one church in many places
οἰκοδομουμένη καὶ πορευομένη τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ κυρίου,participial — the building metaphor + Septuagintal 'walking' — inward growth and outward conduct together
καὶ τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐπληθύνετο.independent — παράκλησις — the Spirit doing what Barnabas does; the growth-refrain of 6:7 and 12:24
Peter at Lydda — Aeneas healed 9:32–35
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Ἐγένετο δὲ Πέτρον διερχόμενον διὰ πάντων κατελθεῖν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἁγίους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Λύδδα.independent — Lukan ἐγένετο + accusative-infinitive — the narrative returns to Peter; the peace of v. 31 permits the tour
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εὗρεν δὲ ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπόν τινα ὀνόματι Αἰνέανindependent — a Greek name in a Judean town — disciple or not, Luke does not say
ἐξ ἐτῶν ὀκτὼ κατακείμενον ἐπὶ κραβάττῳ,participial — supplementary participle — the duration fronted: a settled, hopeless case
ὃς ἦν παραλελυμένος.relative — periphrastic pluperfect — Luke's clinical παραλελυμένος rather than the popular παραλυτικός
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καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος·independent — the healing word — no prayer narrated here; contrast v. 40
Αἰνέα, ἰᾶταί σε Ἰησοῦς Χριστός·content — aoristic present ἰᾶται — 'here and now heals': Peter is instrument, not healer
ἀνάστηθι καὶ στρῶσον σεαυτῷ.content — στρῶσον σεαυτῷ — make your own bed: do for yourself what eight years required of others
καὶ εὐθέως ἀνέστη.independent — the command performed in its own verb
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καὶ εἶδαν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες Λύδδα καὶ τὸν Σαρῶνα,independent — the plain of Sharon — the healed man himself is the evidence
οἵτινες ἐπέστρεψαν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον.relative — ἐπέστρεψαν — the conversion-verb; hyperbolic πάντες in Luke's summary manner
Peter at Joppa — Tabitha raised 9:36–43
vv. 36–37 — Tabitha of Joppa dies
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Ἐν Ἰόππῃ δέ τις ἦν μαθήτρια ὀνόματι Ταβιθά,independent — μαθήτρια — the NT's only feminine 'disciple'
ἣ διερμηνευομένη λέγεται Δορκάς·phrase modifier — the narrator's translation gloss — Aramaic Tabitha = Greek Δορκάς, 'gazelle,' rendered for Gentile readers within the narrative
αὕτη ἦν πλήρης ἔργων ἀγαθῶν καὶ ἐλεημοσυνῶνindependent — πλήρης — the fullness-formula of 6:3, 5 applied to charity
ὧν ἐποίει.relative — attracted relative (ὧν for ἅς) — imperfect: an ongoing practice, about to be shown in cloth
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ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἀσθενήσασαν αὐτὴν ἀποθανεῖν·independent — Lukan ἐγένετο + accusative-infinitive — the aorist participle compresses illness into death
λούσαντες δὲparticipial — preposed participle — the burial washing; leans on ἔθηκαν
ἔθηκαν αὐτὴν ἐν ὑπερῴῳ.independent — laid out, not buried — the Elijah/Elisha upper room (1 Kgs 17:19; 2 Kgs 4:10)
vv. 38–39 — Peter fetched from Lydda
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ἐγγὺς δὲ οὔσης Λύδδας τῇ Ἰόππῃparticipial — genitive absolute — some ten miles; leans on ἀπέστειλαν
οἱ μαθηταὶ ἀκούσαντεςparticipial — preposed participle carrying the subject — leans on ἀπέστειλαν
ὅτι Πέτρος ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῇcontent — retained present in indirect discourse — news of v. 32's visit
ἀπέστειλαν δύο ἄνδρας πρὸς αὐτὸνindependent — the two-man delegation — a formal summons
παρακαλοῦντες·participial — the participle of entreaty frames the message
Μὴ ὀκνήσῃς διελθεῖν ἕως ἡμῶν.content — μὴ ὀκνήσῃς — courteous urgency; they do not say why, or what they hope for
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ἀναστὰς δὲparticipial — preposed participle — leans on συνῆλθεν
Πέτρος συνῆλθεν αὐτοῖς·independent — the immediate compliance
ὃν παραγενόμενον ἀνήγαγον εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον,relative — connective relative ὃν with proleptic participle — Luke's literary linkage
καὶ παρέστησαν αὐτῷ πᾶσαι αἱ χῆραιindependent — the widows — the order Tabitha served stands as her mourners
κλαίουσαι καὶ ἐπιδεικνύμεναι χιτῶνας καὶ ἱμάτιαparticipial — middle ἐπιδεικνύμεναι — showing garments they are wearing: her works on their backs
ὅσα ἐποίει μετ᾽ αὐτῶν οὖσα ἡ Δορκάς.relative — imperfect ἐποίει — the ὧν ἐποίει of v. 36 made concrete; μετ᾽ αὐτῶν οὖσα, the tender 'while she was with them'
vv. 40–41 — Ταβιθά, ἀνάστηθι
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ἐκβαλὼν δὲ ἔξω πάντας ὁ Πέτροςparticipial — the Markan template — Jesus at Jairus' house 'put them all out' (Mark 5:40); leans on προσηύξατο
καὶ θεὶς τὰ γόναταparticipial — second preposed participle — unlike v. 34, here Peter first prays
προσηύξατοindependent — the power asked for, not presumed
καὶ ἐπιστρέψας πρὸς τὸ σῶμαparticipial — πρὸς τὸ σῶμα — still a corpse; leans on εἶπεν
εἶπεν·independent — the speech-frame
Ταβιθά, ἀνάστηθι.content — one syllable from Ταλιθα κούμ (Mark 5:41) — Peter repeats his Lord's raising word in the pattern of his Lord's deed
ἡ δὲ ἤνοιξεν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῆς,independent — the waking narrated in stages — eyes, sight, sitting
καὶ ἰδοῦσα τὸν Πέτρονparticipial — preposed participle — leans on ἀνεκάθισεν
ἀνεκάθισεν.independent — ἀνεκάθισεν — Luke's verb for the widow's son at Nain (Luke 7:15)
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δοὺς δὲ αὐτῇ χεῖραparticipial — preposed participle — the hand offered after the raising, not effecting it; leans on ἀνέστησεν
ἀνέστησεν αὐτήν·independent — ἀνίστημι completes the ἀνάστηθι of v. 40
φωνήσας δὲ τοὺς ἁγίους καὶ τὰς χήραςparticipial — preposed participle — the mourners recalled; leans on παρέστησεν
παρέστησεν αὐτὴν ζῶσαν.independent — παρέστησεν ζῶσαν — the widows who stood by (v. 39) now shown the living Tabitha
vv. 42–43 — the report, and the tanner's house
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γνωστὸν δὲ ἐγένετο καθ᾽ ὅλης τῆς Ἰόππης,independent — the report-formula — as at Lydda, the deed itself preaches
καὶ ἐπίστευσαν πολλοὶ ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον.independent — ἐπίστευσαν ἐπί — faith's directional idiom; the raising serves the word
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Ἐγένετο δὲ ἡμέρας ἱκανὰς μεῖναι αὐτὸν ἐν Ἰόππῃ παρά τινι Σίμωνι βυρσεῖ.independent — the tanner — an unclean trade by strict reckoning; the lodging quietly stages the Cornelius revolution (ch. 10)
Analysis. Acts 9 is Luke's narrative rather than Mark's, and the shape shows it: the mainline still runs flush-left, but the clauses link with δέ rather than καί, aorists rather than historic presents, and Luke's signature — visible in every section — is the preposed aorist participle leaning forward, anchor-less, on the verb below it (πεσὼν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἐπιθεὶς ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας, ἐκβαλὼν δὲ ἔξω πάντας), joined by two genitive absolutes (ἀνεῳγμένων τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, ἐγγὺς οὔσης Λύδδας) and the Septuagintal ἐγένετο + accusative-infinitive frames (vv. 3, 32, 37, 43). Speech hangs blue beneath its frames, and three dialogues carry the chapter: the Damascus-road exchange (the doubled vocative Σαοὺλ Σαούλ echoing Exod 3:4 and 1 Sam 3:10; Τίς εἶ, κύριε; answered by Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς under an elliptical, verbless ὁ δέ), the double-vision dialogue with Ananias (his objection overruled by the σκεῦος ἐκλογῆς election word with its τοῦ βαστάσαι purpose-infinitive and the promised sufferings), and Peter's two healing words (Αἰνέα ... ἀνάστηθι καὶ στρῶσον σεαυτῷ, and Ταβιθά, ἀνάστηθι — deliberately one syllable from Ταλιθα κούμ, Mark 5:41). Cruxes the layout flags or takes a side on: the Western/Byzantine expansion at vv. 5–6 ('hard for you to kick against the goads ... trembling and astonished') is absent from the Alexandrian text printed here and left to 26:14; v. 7's genitive ἤκουον τῆς φωνῆς (a sound heard) is tagged against 22:9's accusative (the utterance not grasped) — the classical distinction Luke exploits; v. 25's οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ('his disciples' — Saul already has converts) stands as the harder reading; v. 31's singular ἡ ἐκκλησία spanning three regions (Western: plural) is the printed text; and Tabitha's Aramaic name is glossed inside the narrative by the narrator's own parenthesis (ἣ διερμηνευομένη λέγεται Δορκάς), set as a modifier line under her name.