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Acts 22:10

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Guidance and decisionsObedience

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

9 My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.

Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’

11 Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.

12 There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
KJV
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
WEB
I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’
ASV
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
DARBY
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of all things which it is appointed thee to do.
BLB
And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Having risen up, go to Damascus, and there it will be told to you concerning all things that it has been appointed to you to do.’
ÅB
Jeg sa da: Hva skal jeg gjøre, Herre? Og Herren svarte meg: Stå opp og gå inn i Damaskus! der skal bli talt til deg om alt det som du er bestemt til å gjøre.
OTB
Og jeg sa: ‘Hva skal jeg gjøre, Herre?’ Og Herren sa til meg: ‘Reis deg og gå inn i Damaskus, og der vil du bli fortalt alt som er bestemt for deg å gjøre.’
B1930
Jeg sa da: Hvad skal jeg gjøre, Herre? Og Herren svarte mig: Stå op og gå inn i Damaskus! der skal bli talt til dig om alt det som du er bestemt til å gjøre.

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Cross references

  • Acts 16:30

    Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

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  • Acts 26:16–18

    ‘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 from Me and what I will show you.

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  • Acts 22:12–16

    There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

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  • Acts 2:37

    When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

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  • Psalms 25:8–9

    Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.

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  • Psalms 143:8–10

    Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

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  • Acts 10:33

    So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

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