Acts 26:16
But rise and stand on yoʋr feet, for I have appeared to yoʋ for this purpose, to appoint yoʋ as a servant and as a witness to the things yoʋ have seen and to the things in which I will appear to yoʋ.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
In Context
15I said, ‘Who are yoʋ, Lord?’ He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom yoʋ are persecuting.
17I will rescue yoʋ from yoʋr own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending yoʋ
Cross References
Acts 1:17For he was numbered with us and received his share in this ministry.”
Acts 6:4But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a vessel chosen by me to bring my name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.
Acts 18:9One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent.
Acts 21:19After greeting them, he reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles 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 →