Acts 22:15

For thou shalt be his witness to all men, of those things that thou hast seen and heard.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

In Context

14And he said, (The) God of our fathers hath before-ordained thee, that thou shouldest know the will of him, and shouldest see the rightful man, [that is, (the) just Christ], and hear the voice of his mouth.

16And now, what dwellest thou? (or And now, why waitest thou?) Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, by the name of him called to help, [or Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, (and) in-call the name of him].

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Cross References

Luke 24:47and penance, and remission of sins to be preached in his name to all folks, beginning at Jerusalem. (and repentance, and forgiveness of sins to be preached in his name to all the nations and all the peoples, beginning at Jerusalem.)

Acts 1:8but ye shall take the virtue of the Holy Ghost coming from above into you (or but ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit coming from above goeth into you), and ye shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the utmost [or to the uttermost] of the earth.

Acts 4:20For we must needs speak those things, that we have seen and heard. [Forsooth we may not not speak (about) the things that we have seen and heard.]

Acts 22:14And he said, (The) God of our fathers hath before-ordained thee, that thou shouldest know the will of him, and shouldest see the rightful man, [that is, (the) just Christ], and hear the voice of his mouth.

Acts 26:16But rise up, and stand on thy feet. For why to this thing I appeared to thee, that I ordain thee minister and witness of those things that thou hast seen, and of those things in which I shall show to thee [or and of those things in which I shall appear to thee]. (But rise up, and stand on thy feet. Because I have appeared to thee for this reason, so that I can ordain thee to be my servant and witness of those things that thou hast seen, and of those things which I shall yet show to thee or in which I shall yet appear to thee.)

Acts 27:24and said, Paul, dread thou not (or fear not); it behooveth thee to stand before the emperor [or it behooveth thee to stand nigh to Caesar]. And lo! God hath given to thee all that be in the ship with thee.

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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