Acts 22:14 - Exposition

Appointed for chosen, A.V. ; to know for that thou shouldest know, A.V.; to see the Righteous One for see that Just One, A.V.; to hear a voice from for shouldest hear the voice of, A.V. Hath appointed thee ; προεχειρίσατό σε , a word found in the New Testament only here and in Acts 26:16 , and in Acts 3:20 (R.T.). In classical Greek it means mostly "to get anything ready beforehand;" to cause anything to be πρόχειρος , ready to hand. And in the LXX . it means "to choose," or " appoint, " as Joshua 3:12 ; Exodus 4:13 , where it is not a translation of חלַשְׁ , but a paraphrase of the sentence, "Appoint one by whom thou wilt send." Here it may be rendered indifferently either "choose" or "appoint." The Righteous One . The designation of Messiah in such passages as Isaiah 53:11 ; Psalms 72:2 , etc. (see in the New Testament Luke 23:47 ; 1 John 2:1 ; Revelation 19:11 , etc.). A voice from his mouth is a very awkward though literal rendering. The A.V. expresses the sense much better.