Acts 22:18
and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
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- Ezek 3:6-7 : 6 not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand– surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you! 7 But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
- Matt 10:14 : 14 And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.
- Matt 10:23 : 23 Whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to another! I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
- Luke 21:21 : 21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,
- Acts 3:19 : 19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,
- Acts 9:29 : 29 He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.
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19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
20 And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’
21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
22 The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
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17 When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
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15 because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.
- Acts 22:5-117 verses75%
5 as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.
7 Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
8 I answered,‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me,‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’
9 Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
10 So I asked,‘What should I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me,‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.’
11 Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.
- Acts 26:21-222 verses74%
21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
22 I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:
- Acts 20:22-254 verses74%
22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,
23 except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
24 But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.
25 “And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.
- Acts 26:12-176 verses73%
12 “While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests,
13 about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me.
14 When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’
15 So I said,‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied,‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
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.
17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you
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18 And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
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19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
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21 They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.
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13 This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.
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12 When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
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9 Persecution of Disciples“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.
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5 Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
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68 and if I ask you, you will not answer.
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30 When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you.
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13 came to me and stood beside me and said to me,‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.
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8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”
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20 When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,
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6 Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
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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.
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22 Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him,“Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”
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23 Then people will say to you,‘Look, there he is!’ or‘Look, here he is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.
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6 But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do.”
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10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.
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28 So he was staying with them, associating openly with them in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.
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17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, but right away I departed to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus.
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15 When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
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1 Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
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12 They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,
13 nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing.
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19 But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar– not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.