Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Acts 9:16

SufferingJesus Christ

14 And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

15 “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

17 So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

18 At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

Read the whole chapter

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
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
KJV
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
WEB
For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
ASV
for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name`s sake.
DARBY
for *I* will shew to him how much he must suffer for my name.
BLB
For I will show to him how much it is necessary for him to suffer for My name.”
ÅB
for jeg vil vise ham hvor meget han skal lide for mitt navns skyld.
OTB
Jeg vil åpenbare for ham hvor mye han skal lide for mitt navn."
B1930
for jeg vil vise ham hvor meget han skal lide for mitt navns skyld.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:3

    so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

    Read in context

  • 2 Corinthians 6:4

    Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

    Read in context

  • Acts 21:11

    Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

    Read in context

  • John 15:20

    Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

    Read in context

  • 2 Timothy 1:12

    For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

    Read in context

  • 1 Peter 4:14

    If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

    Read in context

  • 2 Corinthians 11:23–27

    Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

    Read in context

  • 2 Timothy 2:9–10

    for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

    Read in context