Acts 9:16

For I will show him, how much he is to suffer on account of my name.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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.

17Then Ananias went to the house to him; and he laid his hand upon him, and said to him: Saul, my brother, our Lord Jesus, he who appeared to thee by the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thy eyes might be opened, and thou be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye, when they revile you and persecute you, and speak every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account.

Matthew 24:9And they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations, on account of my name.

John 16:1These things have I said to you, that ye may not be stumbled.

Acts 20:22And now I am bound in spirit, and I go to Jerusalem; and I know not what will befall me there;

Acts 21:11And he came in to us, and took the girdle of Paul's loins, and bound his own feet and hands, and said: Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So will the Jews in Jerusalem bind the man, who owns this girdle; and they will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 6:4But we, in all things, would show ourselves to be the ministers of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessity, in 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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