Acts 26:20

But beginning with the ones in Damascus and also with those in Yerushalayim, and with all the region of Yehudah and with the Goyim, I was preaching they should make teshuva and turn to Hashem, doing ma'asim worthy of teshuva. + 26:20 Jer 18:11; 35:15

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

In Context

19O Agrippa HaMelech, I was not disobedient to the chazon from Shomayim. + 26:19 Isa 50:5

21Because of these things, the unbelieving Yehudim seized me while I was in the Beis Hamikdash, and were trying to kill me.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:27The anavim (meek) shall eat and be satisfied; 1 they that seek Him shall praise Hashem. 1 Let your levav live forever! 1

Jeremiah 31:19Is Ephrayim My ben yakir (dear son)? 1 Is he a yeled in whom I delight? 1 For though I spoke rebuke of him, 1 I do earnestly remember him still; 1 therefore My heart yearns for him; 1 I will surely have rachamim (mercy) upon him, saith Hashem. 1

Ezekiel 18:30Therefore I will judge you, O Bais Yisroel, every one according to the drakhim of him, saith Adonoi Hashem. Make teshuvah, and turn yourselves from all your peysha'im, so avon shall not be your michshol (stumbling block, downfall).

Hosea 14:2O Yisroel, return unto Hashem Eloheicha; 1 for thy downfall hast been thine avon (iniquity). 1

Matthew 3:8Produce pri tov l'teshuva (fruit worthy of repentance)!

Matthew 9:13Go and learn what this means: CHESED CHAFATZTI VLO ZEVACH + 9:13 Hos 6:6 (I desire loving kindness and not sacrifice), for I have not come to call the tzaddikim but the chote'im (sinners). + 9:13 to teshuva

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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