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Selected Verse: Acts 9:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 9:16 |
Strong Concordance |
For [1063] I [1473] will shew [5263] him [846] how great things [3745] he [846] must [1163] suffer [3958] for [5228] my [3450] name's sake [3686] [5228]. |
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King James |
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
I will show him--(See Act 20:23-24; Act 21:11).
how great things he must suffer for my name--that is, Much he has done against that Name; but now, when I show him what great things he must suffer for that Name, he shall count it his honor and privilege. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| For I will show him ... - This seems to be added to encourage Ananias. He had feared Saul. The Lord now informs him that Saul, hitherto his enemy, would ever after be his friend. He would not merely profess repentance, but would manifest the sincerity of it by encountering trials and reproaches for his sake. The prediction here was fully accomplished, Act 20:23; Co2 11:23-27; Ti2 1:11-12. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
How great things (ὅσα)
Rev., more correctly, how many. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| For I - Do thou as thou art commanded. I will take care of the rest; will show him - In fact, through the whole course of his ministry. How great things he must suffer - So far will he be now from persecuting others. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
How great things he must suffer - Instead of proceeding as a persecutor, and inflicting sufferings on others, I will show him how many things he himself must suffer for preaching that very doctrine which he has been hitherto employed in persecuting. Strange change indeed! And with great show of reason, as with incontrovertible strength of argument, has a noble writer, Lord Lyttleton, adduced the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, and his subsequent conduct, as an irrefragable proof of the truth of Christianity.
Some think that the words, I will show him, etc., refer to a visionary representation, which Christ was immediately to give Saul, of the trials and difficulties which he should have to encounter; as also of that death by which he should seal his testimony to the truth. If so, what a most thorough conviction must Saul have had of the truth of Christianity, cheerfully and deliberately to give up all worldly honors and profits, and go forward in a work which he knew a violent death was to terminate! |
11 And [2532] when he was come [2064] unto [4314] us [2248], [2532] he took [142] Paul's [3972] girdle [2223], and [5037] bound [1210] his own [846] hands [5495] and [2532] feet [4228], and said [2036], Thus [3592] saith [3004] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], So [3779] shall [1210] the Jews [2453] at [1722] Jerusalem [2419] bind [1210] the man [435] that [3739] owneth [2076] this [3778] girdle [2223], and [2532] shall deliver [3860] him into [1519] the hands [5495] of the Gentiles [1484].
23 Save [4133] that [3754] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] witnesseth [1263] in every [2596] city [4172], saying [3004] that [3754] bonds [1199] and [2532] afflictions [2347] abide [3306] me [3165].
24 But [235] none [3762] of these things [3056] move me [4160], neither [3761] count I [2192] my [3450] life [5590] dear [5093] unto myself [1683], so [5613] that I might finish [5048] my [3450] course [1408] with [3326] joy [5479], and [2532] the ministry [1248], which [3739] I have received [2983] of [3844] the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424], to testify [1263] the gospel [2098] of the grace [5485] of God [2316].
11 Whereunto [1519] [3739] I [1473] am appointed [5087] a preacher [2783], and [2532] an apostle [652], and [2532] a teacher [1320] of the Gentiles [1484].
12 For [1223] the which [3739] cause [156] I [3958] also [2532] suffer [3958] these things [5023]: nevertheless [235] I am [1870] not [3756] ashamed [1870]: for [1063] I know [1492] whom [3739] I have believed [4100], and [2532] am persuaded [3982] that [3754] he is [2076] able [1415] to keep [5442] that which I [3450] have committed unto him [3866] against [1519] that [1565] day [2250].
23 Are they [1526] ministers [1249] of Christ [5547]? (I speak [2980] as a fool [3912] I [1473] am more [5228]; in [1722] labours [2873] more abundant [4056], in [1722] stripes [4127] above measure [5234], in [1722] prisons [5438] more frequent [4056], in [1722] deaths [2288] oft [4178].
24 Of [5259] the Jews [2453] five times [3999] received I [2983] forty [5062] stripes save [3844] one [3391].
25 Thrice [5151] was I beaten with rods [4463], once [530] was I stoned [3034], thrice [5151] I suffered shipwreck [3489], a night and a day [3574] I have been [4160] in [1722] the deep [1037];
26 In journeyings [3597] often [4178], in perils [2794] of waters [4215], in perils [2794] of robbers [3027], in perils [2794] by [1537] mine own countrymen [1085], in perils [2794] by [1537] the heathen [1484], in perils [2794] in [1722] the city [4172], in perils [2794] in [1722] the wilderness [2047], in perils [2794] in [1722] the sea [2281], in perils [2794] among [1722] false brethren [5569];
27 In [1722] weariness [2873] and [2532] painfulness [3449], in [1722] watchings [70] often [4178], in [1722] hunger [3042] and [2532] thirst [1373], in [1722] fastings [3521] often [4178], in [1722] cold [5592] and [2532] nakedness [1132].
23 Save [4133] that [3754] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] witnesseth [1263] in every [2596] city [4172], saying [3004] that [3754] bonds [1199] and [2532] afflictions [2347] abide [3306] me [3165].