Acts 9:16

Acts 9:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
• New International Version (NIV)I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

Context of Acts 9:16

14And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.” 15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel. I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.” 17So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

Acts 9:16 word by word

ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑποδείξω αὐτῷ ὅσα δεῖ αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματός μου παθεῖν.¶Read the interlinear

• ·γάρgar · forG1063
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• will showὑποδείκνυμιhupodeiknumi · to showG5263
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• how muchὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• mustδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
• sufferπάσχωpaschō pathō penthō · to sufferG3958
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686

Cross-references for Acts 9:16

• Acts 20:22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
• Acts 21:11Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
• Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
• Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
• John 15:20Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
• John 16:1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
• 1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
• 2 Timothy 1:12For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
• 2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
• 2 Timothy 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
• Acts 9:14And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
• Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
• Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
• 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• Revelation 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

Commentaries on Acts 9:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16How great things he must suffer - Instead of proceeding as a persecutor, and inflicting sufferings on others, I will show him how many things he himself must suffer for preaching that very doctrine which he has been hitherto employed in persecuting. Strange change indeed! And with great show of reason, as with incontrovertible strength of argument, has a noble writer, Lord Lyttleton, adduced the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, and his subsequent conduct, as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16For I will show him … - This seems to be added to encourage Ananias. He had feared Saul. The Lord now informs him that Saul, hitherto his enemy, would ever after be his friend. He would not merely profess repentance, but would manifest the sincerity of it by encountering trials and reproaches for his sake. The prediction here was fully accomplished, Acts 20:23; 2 Corinthians 11:23-27; 2 Timothy 1:11-12.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 A good work was begun in Saul, when he was brought to Christ's feet with those words, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And never did Christ leave any who were brought to that. Behold, the proud Pharisee, the unmerciful oppressor, the daring blasphemer, prayeth! And thus it is even now, and with the proud infidel, or the abandoned sinner. What happy tidings are these to all who understand the nature and power of prayer, of such prayer as…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16As Jesus predicted, Paul suffered greatly for his faith (see 2 Corinthians 11:23–27; see Acts 13:45; 14:19; 16:22–27; 21:30–31; 26:21; 2 Timothy 1:11–12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1610-16. a certain disciple ... named Ananias--See on Ac 22:12. to him said the Lord--that is, Jesus. (See Ac 9:13, 14, 17).Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 9:16

• Ananias
• Call
• Converts
• Heart
• Jesus, the Christ
• Paul
• Regeneration
• Suffering
• Syria

In the dictionaries

• Apostle
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• Foreship
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Commentaries on Acts 9

• 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