Acts 26:16 - Exposition

Arise for rise , A.V.; to this end have I, etc., for I have, etc., for this purpose, A.V.; appoint for make, A.V.; the things wherein thou hast seen me for these things which thou hast seen, A.V. and T.R.; the things wherein for those things in the which, A.V. For to this end have I appeared , etc. On comparing this statement with those in Acts 9:6 and Acts 22:10 , Acts 22:14 , Acts 22:15 , it appears that in this condensed account given before King Agrippa, St. Paul blends into one message the words spoken to him when the Lord first appeared to him, and the instruction subsequently given to him through Ananias, and the words spoken to him in the trance ( Acts 22:17-21 ). This may especially be inferred from Acts 9:6 , and again from comparing Acts 22:15 with this verse.