Acts 26:19

Acts 26:19

17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, ^ato whom I now send you,

18 ^ato open their eyes, in order ^bto turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, ^cthat they may receive forgiveness of sins and ^dan inheritance among those who are ^esanctified by faith in Me.’

Paul’s Post-Conversion Life

19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

20 but ^adeclared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do ^bworks befitting repentance.

21 For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

22 Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those ^awhich the prophets and ^bMoses said would come—

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Wherefore (oqen). This relatival adverb (cf. Acts 14:26; Acts 28:13) gathers up all that Paul has said.

I was not disobedient (ouk egenomhn apeiqhv). Litotes again, "I did not become (second aorist middle indicative of ginomai) disobedient" (apeiqhv, old word already in Luke 1:17).

Unto the heavenly vision (th ouraniw optasiai). A later form of oyiv, from optazw, in LXX, and in N.T. (Luke 1:22; Luke 24:23; Acts 26:19; II Corinthians 12:1). Only time that Paul uses it about seeing Christ on the Damascus road, but no reflection on the reality of the event.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 26:19:**

Acts 1:3
Acts 9:3
Acts 26:19
2 Corinthians 12:1

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