Acts 9:16

for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

In Context

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;

17And Ananias went, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to thee in the way thou camest, that thou mayest receive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:11Happy are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say all evil against you falsely[5:11], for my sake.

Matthew 24:9Then will they deliver you up unto affliction, and will kill you; and ye will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

John 16:1THESE things I have spoken to you, that ye should not be offended.

Acts 20:22And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there;

Acts 21:11And coming to us, he took off Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said: Thus says the Holy Spirit: So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man, whose this girdle is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 6:4but as God's ministers, commending ourselves in everything, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Matthew Henry on Acts 9:11-23

Ananias Sent to Saul; Ananias Restores Saul's Sight; Saul Associates with the Disciples; Saul Preaches Christ at Damascus. 10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and… Read the whole commentary →

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