Verse 20
Acts 26:20
Darby Translation
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but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God (Elohim), doing works worthy of repentance.
Original Language Text
greek
ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐν Δαμασκῷ πρῶτόν ⸀τε καὶ Ἱεροσολύμοις, ⸀πᾶσάν τε τὴν χώραν τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ⸀ἀπήγγελλον μετανοεῖν καὶ ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν, ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα πράσσοντας.
English Translation
But to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and to the nations, they were proclaiming to repent and return to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
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I count myself happy, king Agrippa, in having to answer to-day before thee concerning all of which I...
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to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope,...
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at mid-day, on the way, I saw, O king, a light above the brightness of the sun, shining from heaven...
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taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,
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to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God (E...
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for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuad...
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And Paul [said], I would to God (Elohim), both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all wh...
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And the king stood up, and the governor and Bernice, and those who sat with them,
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and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of...
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And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been let go if he had not appealed to Caesar.
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