Acts 26:16
But rise, and stand on your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will appear to you.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
15And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
17I will deliver you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
Cross References
Acts 1:17For he was numbered with us, and had his part in this ministry.
Acts 6:4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, Go: for he is a chosen instrument of mine, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the sons of Israel:
Acts 18:9Then the Lord spoke to Paul at night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not hold your peace:
Acts 21:19And when he had greeted them, he declared in detail the things God had done among the Gentiles through 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 →