Acts 22:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.

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  • Acts 26:16 : 16 But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
  • 1 Cor 9:1 : 1 Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?
  • 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 And last of all, as by one whose birth was out of the right time, he was seen by me.
  • Gal 1:12 : 12 For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:
  • Acts 9:17 : 17 And Ananias went out and came to the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, whom you saw when you were on your journey, has sent me, so that you may be able to see, and be full of the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 3:13-14 : 13 The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free. 14 But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you,
  • Acts 22:18 : 18 And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.
  • Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:
  • Acts 5:30 : 30 The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.
  • Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.
  • Exod 3:13-16 : 13 And Moses said to God, When I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you: and they say to me, What is his name? what am I to say to them? 14 And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. 15 And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations. 16 Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;
  • Exod 15:2 : 2 The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory.
  • 2 Kgs 21:22 : 22 Turning away from the Lord, the God of his fathers, and not walking in his ways.
  • 1 Chr 12:17 : 17 And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.
  • 1 Chr 29:18 : 18 O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;
  • 2 Chr 28:25 : 25 And in every town of Judah he made high places where perfumes were burned to other gods, awaking the wrath of the Lord, the God of his fathers.
  • 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
  • Jer 1:5 : 5 Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.
  • Dan 2:23 : 23 I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.
  • John 15:16 : 16 You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
  • Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
  • 2 Tim 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, in the hope of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
  • Titus 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:
  • 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread,
  • 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

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    15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.

    16 But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

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    14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.

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