Acts 26:10-18
New American Standard Bible
10 And this is [a]just what I (A)did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the [b]saints in prisons, after (B)receiving authority from the chief priests, but I also (C)cast my vote against them when they were being put to death. 11 And (D)as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was (E)extremely enraged at them, I kept pursuing them (F)even to [c]foreign cities.
12 “[d]While so engaged, (G)as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, 13 at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, [e]brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me. 14 And when we had (H)all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the [f](I)Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? [g]It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15 And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 But get up and (J)stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to (K)appoint you as a (L)servant and (M)a witness not only to the things in which you have seen Me, but also to the things in which I will appear to you, 17 (N)rescuing you (O)from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to (P)open their eyes so that they may turn from (Q)darkness to light, and from the [h]power of (R)Satan to God, that they may receive (S)forgiveness of sins and an (T)inheritance among those who have been sanctified by (U)faith in Me.’
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- Acts 26:10 Lit also
- Acts 26:10 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
- Acts 26:11 Or outlying
- Acts 26:12 Lit In which things
- Acts 26:13 Lit above the brightness of
- Acts 26:14 I.e., Jewish Aramaic
- Acts 26:14 An idiom referring to an animal’s futile resistance to being prodded with a spiked stick
- Acts 26:18 Or dominion
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