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Acts 9:14-16
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Acts 9:14-16
New English Translation
14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison[a] all who call on your name!”[b] 15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, because this man is my chosen instrument[c] to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.[d] 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”[e]
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- Acts 9:14 tn Grk “to bind.”
- Acts 9:14 sn The expression “those who call on your name” is a frequent description of believers (Acts 2:21; 1 Cor 1:2; Rom 10:13).
- Acts 9:15 tn Or “tool.”
- Acts 9:15 tn Grk “the sons of Israel.” In Acts, Paul is a minister to all nations, including Israel (Rom 1:16-17).
- Acts 9:16 tn Or “because of my name.” BDAG 1031 s.v. ὑπέρ 2 lists Acts 9:16 as an example of ὑπέρ (huper) used to indicate “the moving cause or reason, because of, for the sake of, for.”
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