ACTS 26:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.”
'First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I proclaimed that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.' - Paul traces the geographic and ethnic scope of his witness: Damascus, Jerusalem, Judea, and then Gentiles (kēryssō, kēryssō-'proclaim, preach'). His message is 'repentance and turning to God' (metanoeō kai epistrephō pros ton theon, metanoeō kai epistrephō pros ton theon), 'demonstrated by deeds' (erga axia tēs metanoias, erga axia tēs metanoias-'works worthy of repentance'). This is not novelty but the apostolic message, consistent with Peter and the Jerusalem church.
Church Fathers on Acts 26:20
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts 26:6-8 Two arguments he lays down for the Resurrection: one, the argument from the prophets: and he does not bring forward any prophet (in…
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