New American Standard Bible 1995
Acts 26:12-20
12“1WhileG1722 soG3739 engaged 2as I was journeyingG4198 to DamascusG1154 with the authorityG1849 and commissionG2011 of the chiefG749 priestsG749, 13at middayG2250G3319, O KingG935, I sawG3708 on the wayG3598 a lightG5457 from heavenG3771, 3brighterG2987 thanG5228 the sunG2246, shiningG4034 all aroundG4034 me and thoseG3588 who were journeyingG4198 with me. 14And when we had 4allG3956 fallenG2667 to the groundG1093, I heardG191 a voiceG5456 sayingG3004 to me in the 56HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, ‘SaulG4549, SaulG4549, whyG5101 are you persecutingG1377 Me? 7It is hardG4642 for you to kickG2979 againstG4314 the goadsG2759.’ 15And I saidG3004, ‘WhoG5101 are You, LordG2962?’ And the LordG2962 saidG3004, ‘I amG1510 JesusG2424 whomG3739 you are persecutingG1377. 16But getG450 up and 8standG2476 on your feetG4228; for thisG3778 purpose I have appearedG3708 to you, to 9appointG4400 you a 10ministerG5257 and 11a witnessG3144 not onlyG5037 to the things whichG3739 you have 12seenG3708, but alsoG5037 to the things in whichG3739 I will appearG3708 to you; 1713rescuingG1807 you 14from the Jewish peopleG2992 and from the GentilesG1484, to whomG3739 I am sendingG649 you, 18to 15openG455 their eyesG3788 so that they may turnG1994 from 16darknessG4655 to lightG5457 and from the dominionG1849 of 17SatanG4567 to GodG2316, that they may receiveG2983 18forgivenessG859 of sinsG266 and an 19inheritanceG2819 amongG1722 thoseG3588 who have been sanctifiedG37 by 20faithG4102 in Me.’
19“SoG3606, KingG935 AgrippaG67, I did not proveG1096 disobedientG545 to the heavenlyG3770 visionG3701, 20but kept declaringG518 bothG5037 21to thoseG3588 of DamascusG1154 firstG4413, and also 22at JerusalemG2414 and then throughout allG3956 the regionG5561 of JudeaG2453, and even 23to the GentilesG1484, that they should 24repentG3340 and turnG1994 to GodG2316, performingG4238 deedsG2041 25appropriateG514 to repentanceG3341.
Notes
- 1. Acts 26:12 Lit In which things ↩
- 2. Acts 26:12 Acts 26:12-18: 9:3-8; 22:6-11 ↩
- 3. Acts 26:13 Lit above the brightness of ↩
- 4. Acts 26:14 Acts 9:7 ↩
- 5. Acts 26:14 I.e. Jewish Aramaic ↩
- 6. Acts 26:14 Acts 21:40 ↩
- 7. Acts 26:14 An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with goads ↩
- 8. Acts 26:16 Ezek 2:1; Dan 10:11 ↩
- 9. Acts 26:16 Acts 22:14 ↩
- 10. Acts 26:16 Luke 1:2 ↩
- 11. Acts 26:16 Acts 22:15 ↩
- 12. Acts 26:16 Two early mss read seen Me ↩
- 13. Acts 26:17 Jer 1:8, 19 ↩
- 14. Acts 26:17 1 Chr 16:35; Acts 9:15 ↩
- 15. Acts 26:18 Is 35:5; 42:7, 16; Eph 5:8; Col 1:13; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
- 16. Acts 26:18 John 1:5; Eph 5:8; Col 1:12f; 1 Thess 5:5; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
- 17. Acts 26:18 Matt 4:10 ↩
- 18. Acts 26:18 Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38 ↩
- 19. Acts 26:18 Acts 20:32 ↩
- 20. Acts 26:18 Acts 20:21 ↩
- 21. Acts 26:20 Acts 9:19ff ↩
- 22. Acts 26:20 Acts 9:26-29; 22:17-20 ↩
- 23. Acts 26:20 Acts 9:15; 13:46 ↩
- 24. Acts 26:20 Acts 3:19 ↩
- 25. Acts 26:20 Matt 3:8; Luke 3:8 ↩
Commentaries on Acts 26
- 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
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