New American Standard Bible 2020
Acts 26:10-20
10And thisG3739 is 1justG2532 whatG3739 I 2didG4160 in JerusalemG2414; notG2532G5037 onlyG2532G5037 did I lockG2623 upG2623 manyG4183 of the 3saintsG40 in prisonsG5438, after 4receivingG2983 authorityG1849 from the chiefG749 priestsG749, butG5037 I alsoG5037 5castG2702 my voteG5586 againstG2702 them when they were being putG337 toG337 deathG337. 11And 6as I punishedG5097 them oftenG4178 in allG3956 the synagoguesG4864, I tried to forceG315 them to blasphemeG987; and since I was 7extremelyG4057 enragedG1693 atG1693 them, I kept pursuingG1377 them 8evenG2193G2532 to 9foreignG1854 citiesG4172.
12“10WhileG1722 soG3739 engaged, 11as 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, 12brighterG2987 thanG5228 the sunG2246, shiningG4034 aroundG4034 me and thoseG3588 who were journeyingG4198 with me. 14And when we had 13allG3956 fallenG2667 to the groundG1093, I heardG191 a voiceG5456 sayingG3004 to me in the 1415HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, ‘SaulG4549, SaulG4549, whyG5101 are you persecutingG1377 Me? 16It 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 upG450 and 17standG2476 on your feetG4228; for thisG3778 purpose I have appearedG3708 to you, to 18appointG4400 you as a 19servantG5257 and 20a witnessG3144 not onlyG5037 to the things in whichG3739 you have seenG3708 Me, but alsoG5037 to the things in whichG3739 I will appearG3708 to you, 1721rescuingG1807 you 22from the Jewish peopleG2992 and from the GentilesG1484, to whomG3739 I am sendingG649 you, 18to 23openG455 their eyesG3788 so that they may turnG1994 from 24darknessG4655 to lightG5457, and from the 25powerG1849 of 26SatanG4567 to GodG2316, that they may receiveG2983 27forgivenessG859 of sinsG266 and an 28inheritanceG2819 amongG1722 thoseG3588 who have been sanctifiedG37 by 29faithG4102 in Me.’
19“ForG3606 thatG3606 reasonG3606, KingG935 AgrippaG67, I did not proveG1096 disobedientG545 to the heavenlyG3770 visionG3701, 20but continually proclaimedG518 30to thoseG3588 in DamascusG1154 firstG4413, and 31in JerusalemG2414, and then allG3956 the regionG5561 of JudeaG2449, and even 32to the GentilesG1484, that they are to 33repentG3340 and turnG1994 to GodG2316, performingG4238 deedsG2041 34consistentG514 with repentanceG3341.
Notes
- 1. Acts 26:10 Lit also ↩
- 2. Acts 26:10 Acts 8:3; 9:13 ↩
- 3. Acts 26:10 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
- 4. Acts 26:10 Acts 9:1f ↩
- 5. Acts 26:10 Acts 22:20 ↩
- 6. Acts 26:11 Matt 10:17; Acts 22:19 ↩
- 7. Acts 26:11 Acts 9:1 ↩
- 8. Acts 26:11 Acts 22:5 ↩
- 9. Acts 26:11 Or outlying ↩
- 10. Acts 26:12 Lit In which things ↩
- 11. Acts 26:12 Acts 26:12-18: 9:3-8; 22:6-11 ↩
- 12. Acts 26:13 Lit above the brightness of ↩
- 13. Acts 26:14 Acts 9:7 ↩
- 14. Acts 26:14 I.e., Jewish Aramaic ↩
- 15. Acts 26:14 Acts 21:40 ↩
- 16. Acts 26:14 An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with a spiked stick ↩
- 17. Acts 26:16 Ezek 2:1; Dan 10:11 ↩
- 18. Acts 26:16 Acts 22:14 ↩
- 19. Acts 26:16 Luke 1:2 ↩
- 20. Acts 26:16 Acts 22:15 ↩
- 21. Acts 26:17 Jer 1:8, 19 ↩
- 22. Acts 26:17 1 Chr 16:35; Acts 9:15 ↩
- 23. Acts 26:18 Is 35:5; 42:7, 16; Eph 5:8; Col 1:13; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
- 24. Acts 26:18 John 1:5; Eph 5:8; Col 1:12f; 1 Thess 5:5; 1 Pet 2:9 ↩
- 25. Acts 26:18 Or dominion ↩
- 26. Acts 26:18 Matt 4:10 ↩
- 27. Acts 26:18 Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38 ↩
- 28. Acts 26:18 Acts 20:32 ↩
- 29. Acts 26:18 Acts 20:21 ↩
- 30. Acts 26:20 Acts 9:19ff ↩
- 31. Acts 26:20 Acts 9:26-29; 22:17-20 ↩
- 32. Acts 26:20 Acts 9:15; 13:46 ↩
- 33. Acts 26:20 Acts 3:19 ↩
- 34. 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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