Acts 26:16

‘But pick yourself up and get to your feet. The reason why I've appeared to you is to appoint you as my servant, to be a witness for me, telling others how you have seen me and everything I will reveal to you.

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In The King James Version

But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

In Context

15‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, the one you're persecuting,’ the Lord replied.

17I will save you from your own people and from the foreigners. I am sending you to them

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Cross References

Ezekiel 2:1“Stand up, son of man, because I want to talk to you,” he said to me.

Acts 1:17He was counted as one of us, and shared in this ministry.”

Acts 6:4We ourselves will give our full attention to prayer and the ministry of spreading the word.”

Acts 9:15But the Lord told him, “Get on your way, because he is the person I have chosen to take my name to foreigners and kings, as well as to Israel.

Acts 18:9The Lord told Paul in a vision at night: “Don't be afraid. Speak up, don't keep quiet—

Acts 21:19After greeting them, Paul went through in detail everything God had done for the foreigners 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 →

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