You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.
Parallel translations
- WEB For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
- KJV For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
- NKJV For you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.
- NASB For you will be a witness for Him to all people of what you have seen and heard.
- NLT For you are to be his witness, telling everyone what you have seen and heard.
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Quick answer
Paul is told he will be a witness for Christ to all people of what he has seen and heard. His conversion comes with a commission to testify universally.
Overview
Paul's experience of the risen Lord qualifies him as an eyewitness and apostle (1 Corinthians 15:8). The scope 'to all men' anticipates his mission to Jews and Gentiles alike. Salvation in Christ is never merely private; those who receive grace are sent to bear witness to it before the world.
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Cross-references · 11
- Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
- John 15:27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
- Acts 10:39–41We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
- Acts 27:24and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
- Luke 24:47–48and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
- Acts 1:22beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
- Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
- Acts 26:16–18‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.
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