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Acts 26:16 KJV
Acts · chapter 26 · verse 16
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;Acts 26:16 · King James Version
Acts 26:16 in context
14And 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.
15And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16But 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;
17Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- appearedoptanomaito look at, behold, to allow one's self to be seen, to appearG3700 →
- ministerhypēretēsservant, an underrower, subordinate rower, any one who serves with hands a servant, in…G5257 →
- purposetoutothat , thisG5124 →
- witnessmartysa witness, in a legal sense, an historical sense, one who is a spectator of anything…G3144 →
- standhistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
- riseanistēmito cause to rise up, raise up, raise up from laying down, to raise up from the dead, to…G450 →
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All who believe a God, and have a reverence for his sovereignty, must acknowledge that those who speak and act by his direction, and by warrant from him, are not to be opposed; for that is fighting against God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-23