Acts 26:16

but get up and stand upright; for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you a servant and a witness of those revelations of me which you have already had, and of those in which I shall yet appear to you,

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

15‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. And the Lord said: “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting;

17since I am choosing you out from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

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Cross References

Acts 1:17for he was one of our number and had his part allotted him in this work of ours.”

Acts 6:4while we, for our part, will devote ourselves to Prayer, and to the delivery of the Message.”

Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him: “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my Name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.

Acts 18:9One night the Lord said to Paul, in a vision: “Have no fear, but continue to speak, and refuse to be silenced;

Acts 21:19After greeting them, Paul related in detail all that God had done among the Gentiles through his efforts;

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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