Acts 26:16

‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and what I will show you.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

In Context

15‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.

17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

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Cross References

Ezekiel 2:1“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”

Acts 1:17He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”

Acts 6:4and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

Acts 18:9One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

Acts 21:19Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

Matthew Henry on Acts 26:13-24

Paul's Fifth Defence. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus… Read the whole commentary →

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