Acts 9:16

"for I am going to show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my name."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15"Go," answered the Lord, "this man is chosen instrument of mine to bear my name before the nations and their kings, and before the Children of Israel also;

17And so Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying his hands on him, said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on your journey, has sent me that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

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Cross References

Matthew 5:11"Blessed are you when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my name’s sake.

Matthew 24:9"Then they will deliver you up to suffer affliction, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.

John 16:1"I have told you all this so that you may not stumble.

Acts 20:22And now I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the Spirit, not knowing what will befall me there,

Acts 21:11He came to us, and taking Paul’s girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘so will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the owner of this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’"

2 Corinthians 6:4but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God’s minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by 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 →

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