New American Standard Bible 1995

Acts 26:13-18

13at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, 1brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me. 14And when we had 2all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the 3 4Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? 5It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16But get up and 6stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to 7appoint you a 8minister and 9a witness not only to the things which you have 10seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; 17 11rescuing you 12from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18to 13open their eyes so that they may turn from 14darkness to light and from the dominion of 15Satan to God, that they may receive 16forgiveness of sins and an 17inheritance among those who have been sanctified by 18faith in Me.’

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Notes

1. Acts 26:13 Lit above the brightness of ↩
2. Acts 26:14 Acts 9:7 ↩
3. Acts 26:14 I.e. Jewish Aramaic ↩
4. Acts 26:14 Acts 21:40 ↩
5. Acts 26:14 An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with goads ↩
6. Acts 26:16 Ezek 2:1; Dan 10:11 ↩
7. Acts 26:16 Acts 22:14 ↩
8. Acts 26:16 Luke 1:2 ↩
9. Acts 26:16 Acts 22:15 ↩
10. Acts 26:16 Two early mss read seen Me ↩
11. Acts 26:17 Jer 1:8, 19 ↩
12. Acts 26:17 1 Chr 16:35; Acts 9:15 ↩
13. Acts 26:18 Is 35:5; 42:7, 16; Eph 5:8; Col 1:13; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
14. Acts 26:18 John 1:5; Eph 5:8; Col 1:12f; 1 Thess 5:5; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
15. Acts 26:18 Matt 4:10 ↩
16. Acts 26:18 Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38 ↩
17. Acts 26:18 Acts 20:32 ↩
18. Acts 26:18 Acts 20:21 ↩

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