Acts 26:18
to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17delivering thee from the people, and from the gentiles, to whom I send thee,
19Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
Cross References
Psalms 32:1“A psalm of David.” Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!
Psalms 146:8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; The LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; The LORD loveth the righteous.
Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And out of mist and darkness shall the eyes of the blind see.
Isaiah 35:5Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, And the ears of the deaf be unstopped.
Isaiah 42:16Then will I lead the blind in a way which they know not, And in unknown paths will I guide them; I will make darkness light before them, And crooked paths straight; These things will I do for them, and not forsake them.”
Isaiah 49:6He said, It is a small tiling that thou shouldst be my servant, To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel; I will also make thee the light of the nations, That my salvation may reach the ends of the earth.
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 →