Acts 22:14

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Then he said,‘The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

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  • Acts 26:16 : 16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.
  • 1 Cor 9:1 : 1 The Rights of an Apostle 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 Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
  • Gal 1:12 : 12 For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him,“Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
  • Acts 9:17 : 17 So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said,“Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
  • Acts 3:13-14 : 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him. 14 But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.
  • Acts 22:18 : 18 and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
  • Acts 24:14 : 14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
  • Acts 5:30 : 30 The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.
  • Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay as foreigners in the country of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
  • Exod 3:13-16 : 13 Moses said to God,“If I go to the Israelites and tell them,‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me,‘What is his name?’– what should I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses,“I AM that I AM.” And he said,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘I AM has sent me to you.’” 15 God also said to Moses,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘The LORD– the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob– has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.’ 16 “Go and bring together the elders of Israel and tell them,‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, appeared to me– the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob– saying,“I have attended carefully to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt,
  • Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
  • 2 Kgs 21:22 : 22 He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not follow the LORD’s instructions.
  • 1 Chr 12:17 : 17 David went out to meet them and said,“If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, may the God of our ancestors take notice and judge!”
  • 1 Chr 29:18 : 18 O LORD God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, always maintain these motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.
  • 2 Chr 28:25 : 25 In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the LORD God of his ancestors.
  • 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 everyone who has determined to follow God, the LORD God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the LORD which is in Jerusalem!
  • Jer 1:5 : 5 “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”
  • Dan 2:23 : 23 O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you, for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me. Now you have enabled me to understand what I requested from you. For you have enabled me to understand the king’s dilemma.”
  • John 15:16 : 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
  • Gal 1:15 : 15 But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased
  • 2 Tim 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
  • Titus 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One,
  • 1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread,
  • 1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received– that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.

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