Acts 9:16
For I myself will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye, when men revile you, and persecute you, and say every thing that is bad against you, falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 24:9Then will they deliver you up to distress, and will kill you; and ye will be hated by all nations on account of my name.
John 16:1These things have I spoken to you, that ye may not fall away.
Acts 20:22And now behold, I go, bound in my spirit, to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will befall me there;
Acts 21:11and coming to us, he took off Paul's girdle, and bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit: So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and will deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.
2 Corinthians 6:4but as God's ministers recommending ourselves in all things, in much endurance, 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 →