Study it in the app“But get up and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things in which you have seen me and of those in which I will appear to you,”
Butἀλλὰget upἀνάστηθιandκαὶstandστῆθιonἐπὶyourσουfeet;τοὺς πόδαςforγὰρI have appearedὤφθηνto youσοιforεἰςthis purpose,τοῦτοto appointπροχειρίσασθαίyouσεasa servantὑπηρέτηνandκαὶa witnessμάρτυραbothτεof the things in whichὧνyou have seenεἶδέςmeμεandτεof those in whichὧνI will appearὀφθήσομαίto you,σοι
get up
To stand up, or set out somewhere.
Where else “anastēthi” appearsstand
To stay upright on one's feet, or hold out without falling.
Where else “stēthi” appearsfoot
Foot.
Where else “podas” appearsappear
To become visible to someone, to appear before their eyes.
Where else “ōphthēn” appearsappoint, choose
Appoint, choose someone beforehand for a task.
Where else “procheirisasthai” appearsassistant
A helper who serves another.
Where else “hypēretēn” appearswitness
Someone who tells what they saw or heard.
Where else “martyra” appears15And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
16 · This verse (above)
17rescuing you from the people and from the nations, to whom I am sending you,
1. What it says
What does Paul tell King Agrippa about his earlier life and what Jesus said to him? (vv. 4-18)
2. What it means
Paul says he only repeats what the prophets and Moses said would happen (vv. 22-23). How does he connect his story with Israel's hope?
3. How I live it
Paul wishes the best for those who judge him (v. 29). How can you treat kindly someone who does not think as you do?
