Acts 22:14

Good News Translation

He said, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see his righteous Servant, and to hear him speaking with his own voice.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:22

He rejected the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and disobeyed the Lord's commands.

1 Chronicles 12:17

David went to meet them and said, “If you are coming as friends to help me, you are welcome here. Join us! But if you intend to betray me to my enemies, even though I have not tried to hurt you, the God of our ancestors will know it and punish you.”

1 Chronicles 29:18

Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, keep such devotion forever strong in your people's hearts and keep them always faithful to you.

2 Chronicles 28:25

In every city and town in Judah he built pagan places of worship, where incense was to be burned to foreign gods. In this way he brought on himself the anger of the Lord, the God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 30:19

“O Lord, the God of our ancestors, in your goodness forgive those who are worshiping you with all their heart, even though they are not ritually clean.”

Ezra 7:27

Ezra said, “Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors! He has made the emperor willing to honor in this way the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.

Exodus 15:2

The Lord is my strong defender; he is the one who has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will sing about his greatness.

Jeremiah 1:5

“I chose you before I gave you life, and before you were born I selected you to be a prophet to the nations.”

Daniel 2:23

I praise you and honor you, God of my ancestors. You have given me wisdom and strength; you have answered my prayer and shown us what to tell the king.”

John 15:16

You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

Acts 13:17

The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors and made the people a great nation during the time they lived as foreigners in Egypt. God brought them out of Egypt by his great power,

Acts 22:15

For you will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard.

Acts 22:18

in which I saw the Lord, as he said to me, ‘Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your witness about me.’

Acts 24:14

I do admit this to you: I worship the God of our ancestors by following that Way which they say is false. But I also believe in everything written in the Law of Moses and the books of the prophets.

Acts 26:16

But get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as my servant. You are to tell others what you have seen of me today and what I will show you in the future.

Acts 5:30

The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.

Acts 7:52

Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.

Acts 9:15

The Lord said to him, “Go, because I have chosen him to serve me, to make my name known to Gentiles and kings and to the people of Israel.

Acts 9:17

So Ananias went, entered the house where Saul was, and placed his hands on him. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord has sent me—Jesus himself, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here. He sent me so that you might see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Romans 1:1

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus and an apostle chosen and called by God to preach his Good News.

1 Corinthians 11:23

For I received from the Lord the teaching that I passed on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took a piece of bread,

1 Corinthians 15:3

I passed on to you what I received, which is of the greatest importance: that Christ died for our sins, as written in the Scriptures;

1 Corinthians 15:8

Last of all he appeared also to me—even though I am like someone whose birth was abnormal.

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not a free man? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Jesus our Lord? And aren't you the result of my work for the Lord?

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.

Galatians 1:12

I did not receive it from any human being, nor did anyone teach it to me. It was Jesus Christ himself who revealed it to me.

Galatians 1:15

But God in his grace chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him. And when he decided

2 Timothy 1:1

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God's will, sent to proclaim the promised life which we have in union with Christ Jesus—

Titus 1:1

From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was chosen and sent to help the faith of God's chosen people and to lead them to the truth taught by our religion,

1 Peter 2:22

He committed no sin, and no one ever heard a lie come from his lips.

1 John 2:1

I am writing this to you, my children, so that you will not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf—Jesus Christ, the righteous one.