Acts 26:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you to serve and testify to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But arise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, that I might appoint you to serve as [My] minister and to bear witness both to what you have seen of Me and to that in which I will appear to you,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Get up! Stand on your feet! I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you as my servant and witness of what you have seen and what I will show you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But rise up and stand on your feet. For I appeared to you for this reason: so that I may establish you as a minister and a witness concerning the things that you have seen, and concerning the things that I will show to you:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make thee a minister, and a witness of those things which thou hast seen, and of those things wherein I will appear to thee,

Acts 26:16 Cross References

Ezekiel 2:1

He said to me: “O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you.”

Daniel 10:11

He said to me, “Daniel, greatly beloved, pay attention to the words that I am going to speak to you. Stand on your feet, for I have now been sent to you.” So while he was speaking this word to me, I stood up trembling.

Luke 1:2

just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

Acts 1:17

for he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.”

Acts 1:25

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

Acts 20:24

But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

Acts 21:19

After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the gentiles through his ministry.

Acts 22:10

I asked, ‘What am I to do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told everything that has been assigned to you to do.’

Acts 23:11

That night the Lord stood near him and said, “Keep up your courage! For just as you have testified for me in Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also in Rome.”

Acts 26:15

I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord answered, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

Acts 6:4

while we, for our part, will devote ourselves to prayer and to serving the word.”

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the gentiles for the sake of his name,

Romans 15:16

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.

2 Corinthians 5:18

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

Galatians 1:12

for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2:2

I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the gentiles, in order to make sure that I was not running, or had not run, in vain.

Ephesians 3:3

and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I wrote above in a few words,

Colossians 1:23

provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a minister of this gospel.

Colossians 1:25

I became its minister according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,

Colossians 1:7

This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the sake of your faith,

1 Timothy 1:12

I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service,

1 Timothy 4:6

If you put these instructions before the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound teaching that you have followed.

2 Timothy 4:5

As for you, be sober in everything, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully.