New American Standard Bible 2020

Acts 26:12-16

12“1WhileG1722 soG3739 engaged, 2as I was journeyingG4198 to DamascusG1154 with the authorityG1849 and commissionG2011 of the chiefG749 priestsG749,

13at middayG2250 G3319, O kingG935, I sawG3708 on the wayG3598 a lightG5457 from heavenG3771, 3brighterG2987 thanG5228 the sunG2246, shiningG4034 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 5 6HebrewG1446 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 upG450 and 8standG2476 on your feetG4228; for thisG3778 purpose I have appearedG3708 to you, to 9appointG4400 you as a 10servantG5257 and 11a witnessG3144 not onlyG5037 to the things in whichG3739 you have seenG3708 Me, but alsoG5037 to the things in whichG3739 I will appearG3708 to you,

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 a spiked stick ↩
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 ↩