Acts 26:19

¹⁷ I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

¹⁸ to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

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.

²¹ For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

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: So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
KJV: Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
WEB: “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
ASV: Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
DARBY: Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
BLB: Hence, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

ÅB: Derfor, kong Agrippa, ble jeg ikke ulydig mot det himmelske syn;
OTB: «Så da, kong Agrippa, var jeg lydig mot synet fra himmelen.
B1930: Derfor, kong Agrippa, blev jeg ikke ulydig mot det himmelske syn;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 50:5
The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
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Ezekiel 2:7–8
But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
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Galatians 1:16
to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
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Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
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Exodus 4:13–14
But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
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Jonah 1:3
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
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Ezekiel 3:14
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
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Acts 26:2
“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
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