Acts 22:18

Acts 22:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
• New International Version (NIV)and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)and saw him saying to me, 'Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)and saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.’

Context of Acts 22:18

16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’ 17Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’ 19‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You. 20And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

Acts 22:18 word by word

καὶ ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν λέγοντά μοι· σπεῦσον καὶ ἔξελθε ἐν τάχει ἐξ Ἰερουσαλήμ, διότι οὐ παραδέξονταί σου μαρτυρίαν περὶ ἐμοῦ.Read the interlinear

• andκαίkai · andG2532
• sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• to meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Hurryσπεύδωspeudō · to hastenG4692
• Leaveἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• Leaveἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• quicklyἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• quicklyτάχοςtachos · speedG5034
• becauseδιότιdioti · becauseG1360
• will not acceptοὐou · noG3756
• will not acceptπαραδέχομαιparadechomai · to welcomeG3858
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• testimonyμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141
• aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012

Cross-references for Acts 22:18

• Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.
• Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
• Luke 21:21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.
• Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
• Ezekiel 3:6not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

Commentaries on Acts 22:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18And saw him - Evidently, the Lord Jesus, Acts 22:14. He had received his commission from him, and he now received a distinct command to go to the Gentiles. For they will not receive - The inhabitants of Jerusalem, probably including both Jews and Christians. The Jews would not listen to him because he had become, in their view, an apostate, and they would hate and persecute him. The Christians would not be likely to receive him, for they would remember…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 The apostle goes on to relate how he was confirmed in the change he had made. The Lord having chosen the sinner, that he should know his will, he is humbled, enlightened, and brought to the knowledge of Christ and his blessed gospel. Christ is here called that Just One; for he is Jesus Christ the righteous. Those whom God has chosen to know his will, must look to Jesus, for by him God has made known his good-will to us. The great gospel…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-22While Paul was praying in the temple, he saw a vision of Jesus. Jesus told him that the people of Jerusalem would not accept his message. The Lord then sent him to the Gentiles. The crowd’s reaction to this report confirmed this reality (22:22–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2117-21. it came to pass, &c.--This thrilling dialogue between the glorified Redeemer and his chosen vessel is nowhere else related. when I was come again to Jerusalem--on the occasion mentioned in Ac 9:26-29. while I prayed in the temple--He thus calls their attention to the fact that after his conversion he kept up his connection with the temple as before.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 22:18

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Temple
• Unbelief
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Antonia
• Hence
• James
• Persecute
• Scourge
• Uncondemned
• Acts of the Apostles
• Felix; Antonius
• Get; Getting

Commentaries on Acts 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings