Acts 22:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’”
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“and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 22:18 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 3:6not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
- Matthew 10:14And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
- Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- Luke 21:21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.
- Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- Acts 9:29He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
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