Acts 26:16
But rise, and stand on thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things which thou hast seen, and of those for which I shall hereafter appear unto thee:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.
17delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send thee,
Cross References
Acts 1:17for he was numbered with us, and had obtained a part of this ministry.
Acts 6:4but we will constantly attend to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way, for he is the instrument I have chosen, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Acts 18:9And the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Fear not, but speak: and be not silent:
Acts 21:19And when he had saluted them, he gave a particular narrative of the things which God had done among the Gentiles by 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 →