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.’
• 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.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)I saw a vision of Jesus saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem, for the people here won’t accept your testimony about me.’

Context of Acts 22:18

16And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.' 17"When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance and saw him saying to me, 'Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.' 19And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you. 20And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Make hasteσπεύδωspeudō · to hastenG4692
• get theeἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• quicklyτάχοςtachos · speedG5034
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• forδιότιdioti · becauseG1360
• they willπαραδέχομαιparadechomai · to welcomeG3858
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• testimonyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• testimonyμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141
• concerningπερίperi · aboutG4012

Cross-references for Acts 22:18

• Acts 22:14And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth;
• Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
• Luke 21:21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it,
• Acts 3:19Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,
• Ezekiel 3:6not to many peoples of foreign speech and a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen 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