Acts 22:18
and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'
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- Ezek 3:6-7 : 6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.
- Matt 10:14 : 14 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
- Matt 10:23 : 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
- Luke 21:21 : 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.
- Acts 3:19 : 19 "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
- Acts 9:29 : 29 preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.
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19I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
20When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'
21"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"
22They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"
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17"It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,
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15For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
- Acts 22:5-117 verses75%
5As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
6It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.
7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'
8I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
9"Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
10I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.'
11When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
- Acts 26:21-222 verses74%
21For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.
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22Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
23except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
24But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
25"Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching the Kingdom of God, will see my face no more.
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12"Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,
13at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.
14When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
15"I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
17delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
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18Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
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19"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
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13It will turn out as a testimony for you.
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28He was with them entering into Jerusalem,
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1"Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you."
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19But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.