Acts 26:16

And he said to me: Stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared to thee, for this purpose, to constitute thee a minister and a witness of this thy seeing me, and of thy seeing me hereafter.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

In Context

15And I said: My Lord, who art thou? And our Lord said to me: I am Jesus the Nazarean, whom thou persecutest.

17And I will deliver thee from the people of the Jews, and from other nations; to whom I send thee,

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Cross References

Acts 1:17For he was numbered with us, and had a part in this ministry.

Acts 6:4and we will continue in prayer, and in the ministration of the word.

Acts 9:15The Lord said to him: Arise and go; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to carry my name to the Gentiles, and to kings, and among the sons of Israel.

Acts 18:9And the Lord said to Paul in a vision: Fear not, but speak and be not silent:

Acts 21:19And we gave them salutation: and Paul narrated to them, with particularity what God had wrought among the Gentiles by 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 →

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