New American Standard Bible 2020
Acts 26:14-18
14And when we had 1all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the 23Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? 4It 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 5stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to 6appoint you as a 7servant and 8a witness not only to the things in which you have seen Me, but also to the things in which I will appear to you, 179rescuing you 10from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18to 11open their eyes so that they may turn from 12darkness to light, and from the 13power of 14Satan to God, that they may receive 15forgiveness of sins and an 16inheritance among those who have been sanctified by 17faith 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 a spiked stick ↩
- 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 26:17 Jer 1:8, 19 ↩
- 10. Acts 26:17 1 Chr 16:35; Acts 9:15 ↩
- 11. Acts 26:18 Is 35:5; 42:7, 16; Eph 5:8; Col 1:13; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
- 12. Acts 26:18 John 1:5; Eph 5:8; Col 1:12f; 1 Thess 5:5; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
- 13. Acts 26:18 Or dominion ↩
- 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 ↩
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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