Acts 9:20
18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
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
- Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
- KJV
- And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
- WEB
- Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.
- ASV
- And straightway in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God.
- DARBY
- And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that *he* is the Son of God.
- BLB
- And immediately he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.
- ÅB
- Og straks forkynte han Jesus i synagogene, at han er Guds Sønn.
- OTB
- Uten forsinkelse begynte han å forkynne Jesus i synagogene, og erklærte: "Han er Guds Sønn."
- B1930
- Og straks forkynte han Jesus i synagogene, at han er Guds Sønn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 20:28
And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
Read in contextGalatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Read in contextGalatians 1:23–24
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
Read in context1 John 4:14–15
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Read in contextJohn 20:31
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
Read in contextRomans 1:4
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Read in contextActs 9:27–28
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
Read in contextMatthew 26:63–66
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
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