Acts 23:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also at Rome.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And [that same] following night the Lord stood beside Paul and said, Take courage, Paul, for as you have borne faithful witness concerning Me at Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Be encouraged! Just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so too you must testify in Rome.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Then, on the following night, the Lord stood near him and said: "Be constant. For just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so also it is necessary for you to testify at Rome."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And the night following the Lord standing by him, said: Be constant; for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

Acts 23:11 Cross References

Psalm 109:31

For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn him to death.

Isaiah 41:10

fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

Isaiah 41:14

Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 43:2

When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

Matthew 14:27

But immediately he spoke to them, saying, “Take heart, it is I; have no fear.”

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”

Matthew 9:2

And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”

Luke 16:28

for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’

John 14:18

“I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you.

John 16:33

I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Acts 18:9

And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;

Acts 19:21

Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

Acts 2:25

For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;

Acts 20:22

And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, bound in the Spirit, not knowing what shall befall me there;

Acts 22:15

for you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

Acts 22:18

and saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?

Philippians 1:13

so that it has become known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ;

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength to proclaim the message fully, that all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's mouth.