Acts 26:16
But arise, and stand upon thy feet; for I appeared to thee for this purpose, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things which thou sawest, and of the things in which I will appear to thee;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
15And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And he said: I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.
17delivering thee from the people, and the Gentiles, to whom I send thee,
Cross References
Acts 1:17Because he was numbered with us, and obtained the office of this ministry.--
Acts 6:4But we will give ourselves to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him: Go; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before Gentiles, and kings, and the sons of Israel;
Acts 18:9And the Lord said to Paul, through a vision in the night: Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace;
Acts 21:19And having embraced them, he recounted particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles through his ministry.
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 →