Acts 26:16

`But rise, and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for the very purpose of appointing you My servant and My witness both as to the things you have already seen and as to those in which I will appear to you.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 art Thou, Lord?' I asked. "`I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,' the Lord replied.

17I will save you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes,

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Cross References

Acts 1:17For Judas was reckoned as one of our number, and a share in this ministry was allotted to him."

Acts 6:4But, as for us, we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the delivery of the Message."

Acts 9:15"Go," replied the Lord; "he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.

Acts 18:9And, in a vision by night, the Lord said to Paul, "Dismiss your fears: go on speaking, and do not give up.

Acts 21:19After exchanging friendly greetings, Paul told in detail all that God had done among the Gentiles through his instrumentality.

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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