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Acts 26:12-26

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Paul testifies of his conversion

King James Scripture:

12 ¶ Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the  chief priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above  the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with  me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto  me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it  is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord?  And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 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; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and  [from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, [and] to  turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that  they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are  sanctified by faith that is in me. 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not  disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus,  and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the  Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for  repentance. 21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about  to kill [me]. 22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this  day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those  which the prophets and Moses did say should come: 23 That Christ should suffer,  [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should  shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

24 ¶ And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul,  thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. 25 But he said, I am  not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. 26  For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am  persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not  done in a corner.

Hebrew/Greek Scripture:

12 Ἐν οἷς πορευόμενος εἰς τὴν Δαμασκὸν μετʼ ἐξουσίας καὶ ἐπιτροπῆς τῆς τῶν ἀρχιερέων 13 ἡμέρας μέσης κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν εἶδον, βασιλεῦ, οὐρανόθεν ὑπὲρ τὴν λαμπρότητα τοῦ ἡλίου περιλάμψαν με φῶς καὶ τοὺς σὺν ἐμοὶ πορευομένους· 14 πάντων τε καταπεσόντων ἡμῶν εἰς τὴν γῆν ἤκουσα φωνὴν λέγουσαν πρός με τῇ Ἑβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ· Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις; σκληρόν σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν. 15 ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα· Τίς εἶ, κύριε; ὁ δὲ κύριος εἶπεν· Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὃν σὺ διώκεις· 16 ἀλλὰ ἀνάστηθι καὶ στῆθι ἐπὶ τοὺς πόδας σου· εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ ὤφθην σοι, προχειρίσασθαί σε ὑπηρέτην καὶ μάρτυρα ὧν τε εἶδές με ὧν τε ὀφθήσομαί σοι, 17 ἐξαιρούμενός σε ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν, εἰς οὓς ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω σε 18 ἀνοῖξαι ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν, τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι ἀπὸ σκότους εἰς φῶς καὶ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν, τοῦ λαβεῖν αὐτοὺς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ κλῆρον ἐν τοῖς ἡγιασμένοις πίστει τῇ εἰς ἐμέ.

19 Ὅθεν, βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα, οὐκ ἐγενόμην ἀπειθὴς τῇ οὐρανίῳ ὀπτασίᾳ, 20 ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐν Δαμασκῷ πρῶτόν τε καὶ Ἱεροσολύμοις, πᾶσάν τε τὴν χώραν τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπήγγελλον μετανοεῖν καὶ ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν, ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα πράσσοντας. 21 ἕνεκα τούτων με Ἰουδαῖοι συλλαβόμενοι ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐπειρῶντο διαχειρίσασθαι. 22 ἐπικουρίας οὖν τυχὼν τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἕστηκα μαρτυρόμενος μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ, οὐδὲν ἐκτὸς λέγων ὧν τε οἱ προφῆται ἐλάλησαν μελλόντων γίνεσθαι καὶ Μωϋσῆς, 23 εἰ παθητὸς ὁ χριστός, εἰ πρῶτος ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν φῶς μέλλει καταγγέλλειν τῷ τε λαῷ καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.
24 Ταῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀπολογουμένου ὁ Φῆστος μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ φησιν· Μαίνῃ, Παῦλε· τὰ πολλά σε γράμματα εἰς μανίαν περιτρέπει. 25 ὁ δὲ Παῦλος· Οὐ μαίνομαι, φησίν, κράτιστε Φῆστε, ἀλλὰ ἀληθείας καὶ σωφροσύνης ῥήματα ἀποφθέγγομαι. 26 ἐπίσταται γὰρ περὶ τούτων ὁ βασιλεύς, πρὸς ὃν καὶ παρρησιαζόμενος λαλῶ· λανθάνειν γὰρ αὐτὸν τούτων οὐ πείθομαι οὐθέν, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐν γωνίᾳ πεπραγμένον τοῦτο.

Michael W. Holmes, The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition (Lexham Press, 2010), Ac 26:12–26.

"Scripture quotations marked SBLGNT are from the SBL Greek New Testament. Copyright © 2010 Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software."

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