New American Standard Bible 1995

Acts 26:14-18

14And when we had 1allG3956 fallenG2667 to the groundG1093, I heardG191 a voiceG5456 sayingG3004 to me in the 2 3HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, ‘SaulG4549, SaulG4549, whyG5101 are you persecutingG1377 Me? 4It 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 5standG2476 on your feetG4228; for thisG3778 purpose I have appearedG3708 to you, to 6appointG4400 you a 7ministerG5257 and 8a witnessG3144 not onlyG5037 to the things whichG3739 you have 9seenG3708, but alsoG5037 to the things in whichG3739 I will appearG3708 to you; 17 10rescuingG1807 you 11from the Jewish peopleG2992 and from the GentilesG1484, to whomG3739 I am sendingG649 you, 18to 12openG455 their eyesG3788 so that they may turnG1994 from 13darknessG4655 to lightG5457 and from the dominionG1849 of 14SatanG4567 to GodG2316, that they may receiveG2983 15forgivenessG859 of sinsG266 and an 16inheritanceG2819 amongG1722 thoseG3588 who have been sanctifiedG37 by 17faithG4102 in Me.’

Notes

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