Acts 26:18
to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send thee,
19Whereupon, king Agrippa, I did not become disobedient to the heavenly vision,
Cross References
Psalms 32:1Blessed are those (LXX/NT) whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms 146:8LORD opens [the eyes of] the blind. LORD raises up those who are bowed down. LORD loves the righteous.
Isaiah 29:18And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Isaiah 42:16And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not. I will lead them in paths that they know not. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things I will do, and I will not forsake them.
Isaiah 49:6yea, he says, It is too light a thing that thou should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou may be my salvation to the e
Matthew Henry on Acts 26:13-24
Paul's Fifth Defence. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus… Read the whole commentary →