Acts 9:16

16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

Acts 9:16 in Other Translations

16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

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

16 And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

16 And now I'm about to show him what he's in for - the hard suffering that goes with this job."

16 I will certainly show him how much he must suffer for 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 he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.”

15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel.

16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,

Cross References

• 1. Acts 20:23; Acts 21:11; 2 Corinthians 6:4-10; 2 Corinthians 11:23-27; 2 Timothy 1:8; 2 Timothy 2:3,9