Acts 26:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.”
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“‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;”
King James Version · Public Domain“But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“but rise, and stand upon thy feet, for for this I appeared to thee, to appoint thee an officer and a witness both of the things thou didst see, and of the things <FI>in which<Fi> I will appear to thee,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 26:16 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 2:1“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
- Daniel 10:11He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
- Acts 1:17He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”
- Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
- Acts 6:4and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
- Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Acts 9:15“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.
- Acts 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
- Acts 18:9One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
- Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Acts 21:19Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
- Acts 22:10Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
- Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
- Acts 22:17Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
- Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
- Romans 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
- Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- 2 Corinthians 5:18All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
- 2 Corinthians 12:1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
- Galatians 1:12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
- Galatians 2:2I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
- Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
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