Acts 9:16

for I will show him how many things it behooves him to suffer for my name's sake.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

In Context

15And the Lord said to him, Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel:

17And Ananias departed, and came into the house: and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, Jesus, that appeared to you in the way in which thou didst come, hath sent me, that thou mayest look up, and he filled with the Holy Ghost.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when they may despise you, and shall persecute you, and may say all evil against you, falsifying, for my sake.

Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you into tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name,

John 16:1I have spoken these things to you, that you may not be offended.

Acts 20:22And now, behold, I go to Jerusalem bound in spirit, not knowing the things which shall come upon me in it:

Acts 21:11and having come to us, and taking the girdle of Paul, binding his own feet and hands, said, These things says the Holy Ghost, The man whose girdle this is, will the Jews in Jerusalem bind and deliver into the hands of the Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 6:4but in everything commending ourselves, as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulations, in straits, in difficulties,

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 →

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