Acts 26:18
to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive from God the forgiveness of sins and the inheritance that I give to them who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17and I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you,
19Therefore, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the heavenly vision;
Cross References
Psalms 32:1Blessed is the person whose transgression is forgiven, 1 whose sin is covered. 1
Psalms 146:8Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; 1 Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; 1 Yahweh loves the righteous people. 1
Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, 1 and the eyes of the blind will see out of the deep darkness. 1
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears of the deaf will hear. 1
Isaiah 42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they do not know; in paths that they do not know I will lead them. 1 I will turn the darkness into light before them, and make the crooked places straight. 1 These things I will do, and I will not abandon them. 1
Isaiah 49:6and he says, “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, 1 and to restore the survivors of Israel. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, 1 that you may be my salvation to the ends of the earth.” 1
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 →