Acts 26:16
but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things [in which] I will appear to thee,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15'And I said, Who art thou, Lord? and he said, I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute;
17delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:1It [is] the appearance of the likeness of the honour of Jehovah, and I see, and fall on my face, and I hear a voice speaking, and He saith unto me, 'Son of man, stand on thy feet, and I speak with thee.'
Acts 1:17because he was numbered among us, and did receive the share in this ministration,
Acts 6:4and we to prayer, and to the ministration of the word, will give ourselves continually.'
Acts 9:15And the Lord said unto him, 'Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings — the sons also of Israel;
Acts 18:9And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, 'Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;
Acts 21:19and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration,
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 →