Acts 22:18

Acts 22:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
• New International Version (NIV)and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)and saw him saying to me, 'Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)and saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.’

Context of Acts 22:18

16Now why are you waiting? Get up and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on His Name.’ 17“It happened that when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance; and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry! Get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your witness about Me.’ 19“And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another, I was imprisoning and beating those trusting in You. 20Even when the blood of Your witness Stephen was spilled, I too was standing by and approving, and guarding the clothing of those who were killing him.’

Acts 22:18 word by word

καὶ ἰδεῖν αὐτὸν λέγοντά μοι· σπεῦσον καὶ ἔξελθε ἐν τάχει ἐξ Ἰερουσαλήμ, διότι οὐ παραδέξονταί σου μαρτυρίαν περὶ ἐμοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Make hasteσπεύδωspeudō · to hastenG4692
• get theeἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• quicklyτάχοςtachos · speedG5034
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• JerusalemἹερουσαλήμHierousalēm · JerusalemG2419
• forδιότιdioti · becauseG1360
• they willπαραδέχομαιparadechomai · to welcomeG3858
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• testimonyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• testimonyμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141
• concerningπερίperi · aboutG4012

Cross-references for Acts 22:18

• Acts 22:14“And he said, ‘The God of our fathers handpicked you to know His will—to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.
• Matthew 10:14And whoever will not receive you or listen to your words, as you leave that house or that town, shake the dust off your feet.
• Luke 21:21Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must get out, and those in the countryside must not enter her.
• Acts 3:19Repent, therefore, and return—so your sins might be blotted out,
• Ezekiel 3:6nor to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult tongue, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I sent you to such, they would listen to you.

Commentaries on Acts 22:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18And saw him - Evidently, the Lord Jesus, Acts 22:14. He had received his commission from him, and he now received a distinct command to go to the Gentiles. For they will not receive - The inhabitants of Jerusalem, probably including both Jews and Christians. The Jews would not listen to him because he had become, in their view, an apostate, and they would hate and persecute him. The Christians would not be likely to receive him, for they would remember…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 The apostle goes on to relate how he was confirmed in the change he had made. The Lord having chosen the sinner, that he should know his will, he is humbled, enlightened, and brought to the knowledge of Christ and his blessed gospel. Christ is here called that Just One; for he is Jesus Christ the righteous. Those whom God has chosen to know his will, must look to Jesus, for by him God has made known his good-will to us. The great gospel…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-22While Paul was praying in the temple, he saw a vision of Jesus. Jesus told him that the people of Jerusalem would not accept his message. The Lord then sent him to the Gentiles. The crowd’s reaction to this report confirmed this reality (22:22–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2117-21. it came to pass, &c.--This thrilling dialogue between the glorified Redeemer and his chosen vessel is nowhere else related. when I was come again to Jerusalem--on the occasion mentioned in Ac 9:26-29. while I prayed in the temple--He thus calls their attention to the fact that after his conversion he kept up his connection with the temple as before.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 22:18

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Temple
• Unbelief
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Antonia
• Hence
• James
• Persecute
• Scourge
• Uncondemned
• Acts of the Apostles
• Felix; Antonius
• Get; Getting

Commentaries on Acts 22

• 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