Acts 22:15
13 came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
14 Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
17 Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
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.
Compare
- BSB
- You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
- KJV
- For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
- WEB
- For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
- ASV
- For thou shalt be a witness for him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
- DARBY
- for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
- BLB
- For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
- ÅB
- for du skal være ham et vitne for alle mennesker om det du har sett og hørt.
- OTB
- For du skal vitne for ham til alle mennesker om hva du har sett og hørt.
- B1930
- for du skal være ham et vidne for alle mennesker om det du har sett og hørt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 23:11
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
Read in contextActs 4:20
For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
Read in contextJohn 15:27
And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Read in contextLuke 24:47–48
and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
Read in contextActs 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Read in contextActs 10:39–41
We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
Read in contextActs 27:24
and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
Read in contextActs 26:20
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
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