Acts 26:20

but I preached from the first to them in Damascus, and to them in Jerusalem and in all the villages of Judaea; and I preached also to the Gentiles, that they should repent, and should turn to God, and should do the works suitable to repentance.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

In Context

19Wherefore, king Agrippa, I did not contumaciously withstand the heavenly vision:

21And on account of these things, the Jews seized me in the temple, and sought to kill me.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:8Bring forth the fruits therefore, that accord with repentance.

Matthew 9:13Go and learn what that is: I require compassion, and not a sacrifice! For I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.

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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