Acts 26:16
But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
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In Context
15And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.
17And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:1And he said to me, Son of man, get up on your feet, so that I may say words to you.
Acts 1:17For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
Acts 6:4Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
Acts 9:15But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:
Acts 18:9And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:
Acts 21:19And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.
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 →