Acts 22:15

15 'For you will be ¹a witness for Him to all men of ²what you have seen and heard.

Acts 22:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 22:15

For thou shalt be his witness unto all men
Gentiles as well as Jews, an eye and an ear witness to them;

of what thou hast seen and heard;
as that he saw him personally and alive, and so could witness to the truth of his resurrection; for after he had been seen by all the apostles, he was last of all seen of Paul; and also, that he heard him and received from him the Gospel, and a mission and commission to preach it; for what he preached he did not receive of man, nor was he taught it by any, but he had it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

Acts 22:15 In-Context

13 came to me, and standing near said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' And at that very time I looked up at him.

14 "And he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.

15 'For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

16 'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'

17 "It happened when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance,

Cross References

• 1. Acts 23:11; Acts 26:16
• 2. Acts 22:14