Acts 13:22
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
ἐγείρω
To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.
καρδία
heart
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καρδία
Heart, inner self, the seat of life. Kardia. Create in me a pure heart O God. The heart is the control centre of life. What God changes in the heart changes everything else.
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εὑρίσκω
I have found
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εὑρίσκω
To find, to discover, to obtain. Heurisko. Seek and you will find. The finding is guaranteed for those who seek. God is findable because He wants to be found.
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ὅς
to whom
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ὅς
Who, which, that, the one who. He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. God finishes what He starts.
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μαρτυρέω
having carried witness:
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μαρτυρέω
To testify, to bear witness. We speak what we know and testify to what we have seen. Christian witness is personal experience not opinion.
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μεθίστημι
having removed
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μεθίστημι
to transfer, i.e. carry away, depose or (figuratively) exchange, seduce
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ποιέω
will do
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ποιέω
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
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Δαβίδ
David
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Δαβίδ
Dabid (i.e. David), the Israelite king
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ἔπω
He said
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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Ἰεσσαί
Jesse
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Ἰεσσαί
Jessæ (i.e. Jishai), an Israelite
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