Acts 9:16

16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

Acts 9:16 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 9:16

For I will show him
In vision, and by prophecy, either now, or hereafter; or by facts, as they come upon him:

how great things he must suffer for my name's sake;
such as weariness, pain, and watchings, hunger, thirst, fastings, cold, and nakedness, perils on various accounts, and from different quarters, stripes, scourges, imprisonment, shipwreck, stoning, and death, of which he himself gives a detail, ( 2 Corinthians 11:23-28 ) so that Ananias had no reason to be afraid to go to him, and converse with him, and do unto him as he was directed.

Acts 9:16 In-Context

14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to tie up all who call upon your name!"

15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel.

16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

17 So Ananias departed and entered into the house, and placing [his] hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may regain [your] sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

18 And immediately [something] like scales fell from his eyes and he regained [his] sight and got up [and] was baptized,