to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 26:18 in context
Acts 26:15–21
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“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’
“He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
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But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will reveal to you;
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delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
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to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
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“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
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but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
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For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
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