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Acts 22:17

Jerusalem
Prayer

15 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.’

Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

18 and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’

19 ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.

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BSB
Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
KJV
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
WEB
“When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance
ASV
And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,
DARBY
And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I became in ecstasy,
BLB
And it happened to me, having returned to Jerusalem and [in] my praying in the temple, [that] I fell into a trance
ÅB
Da jeg så var vendt tilbake til Jerusalem og ba i templet, hendte det meg at jeg kom i en henrykkelse,
OTB
«Da jeg vendte tilbake til Jerusalem og ba i templet, falt jeg i en visjon,
B1930
Da jeg så var vendt tilbake til Jerusalem og bad i templet, hendte det mig at jeg kom i en henrykkelse,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 12:1–4

    I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

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  • Acts 10:9–10

    The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

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  • Acts 9:26–28

    When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

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  • Acts 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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  • Revelation 1:10

    On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

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  • Galatians 1:18

    Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

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