Acts 26:9-16
New American Standard Bible
9 “So (A)I thought to myself that I had to act in strong opposition to (B)the name of Jesus [a]of Nazareth. 10 And this is [b]just what I (C)did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the [c]saints in prisons, after (D)receiving authority from the chief priests, but I also (E)cast my vote against them when they were being put to death. 11 And (F)as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and since I was (G)extremely enraged at them, I kept pursuing them (H)even to [d]foreign cities.
12 “[e]While so engaged, (I)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, [f]brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me. 14 And when we had (J)all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the [g](K)Hebrew dialect, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? [h]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 (L)stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to (M)appoint you as a (N)servant and (O)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,
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- Acts 26:9 Or the Nazarene
- 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
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