New American Standard Bible 2020
Acts 26:9-15
9“SoG3767 1I thoughtG1380 to myselfG1683 that I hadG1163 to actG4238 in strongG4183 oppositionG1727 to 2the nameG3686 of JesusG2424 3of NazarethG3480. 10And thisG3739 is 4justG2532 whatG3739 I 5didG4160 in JerusalemG2414; notG2532G5037 onlyG2532G5037 did I lockG2623 upG2623 manyG4183 of the 6saintsG40 in prisonsG5438, after 7receivingG2983 authorityG1849 from the chiefG749 priestsG749, butG5037 I alsoG5037 8castG2702 my voteG5586 againstG2702 them when they were being putG337 toG337 deathG337. 11And 9as I punishedG5097 them oftenG4178 in allG3956 the synagoguesG4864, I tried to forceG315 them to blasphemeG987; and since I was 10extremelyG4057 enragedG1693 atG1693 them, I kept pursuingG1377 them 11evenG2193G2532 to 12foreignG1854 citiesG4172.
12“13WhileG1722 soG3739 engaged, 14as 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, 15brighterG2987 thanG5228 the sunG2246, shiningG4034 aroundG4034 me and thoseG3588 who were journeyingG4198 with me. 14And when we had 16allG3956 fallenG2667 to the groundG1093, I heardG191 a voiceG5456 sayingG3004 to me in the 1718HebrewG1446 dialectG1258, ‘SaulG4549, SaulG4549, whyG5101 are you persecutingG1377 Me? 19It 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.
Notes
- 1. Acts 26:9 John 16:2; 1 Tim 1:13 ↩
- 2. Acts 26:9 John 15:21 ↩
- 3. Acts 26:9 Or the Nazarene ↩
- 4. Acts 26:10 Lit also ↩
- 5. Acts 26:10 Acts 8:3; 9:13 ↩
- 6. Acts 26:10 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
- 7. Acts 26:10 Acts 9:1f ↩
- 8. Acts 26:10 Acts 22:20 ↩
- 9. Acts 26:11 Matt 10:17; Acts 22:19 ↩
- 10. Acts 26:11 Acts 9:1 ↩
- 11. Acts 26:11 Acts 22:5 ↩
- 12. Acts 26:11 Or outlying ↩
- 13. Acts 26:12 Lit In which things ↩
- 14. Acts 26:12 Acts 26:12-18: 9:3-8; 22:6-11 ↩
- 15. Acts 26:13 Lit above the brightness of ↩
- 16. Acts 26:14 Acts 9:7 ↩
- 17. Acts 26:14 I.e., Jewish Aramaic ↩
- 18. Acts 26:14 Acts 21:40 ↩
- 19. Acts 26:14 An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with a spiked stick ↩
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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