Acts 22:18

and saw him, saying unto me—Haste thee, and go forth speedily out of Jerusalem, inasmuch as they will not accept thy witness concerning me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

In Context

17And it came to pass, when had returned unto Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance,

19And, I, said—Lord! they themselves, well know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue them who were believing on thee.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 3:6not unto many peoples deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou couldst not understand,—surely if unto them I had sent thee, they would have hearkened unto thee.

Matthew 10:23And, when they persecute you in this city, flee into another,—for, verily, I say unto you, in nowise shall ye finish the cities of Israel, till, he Son of Man, come.

Acts 3:19Repent ye, therefore, and turn,—unto the blotting out of your sins; to the end that in that case, there may come seasons of refreshing from the face of the Lord,

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:4-22

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to… Read the whole commentary →

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