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Leave Jerusalem, for the people here won’t accept your testimony about me.’ <a href="/esv/acts/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> and saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ <a href="/bsb/acts/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’ <a href="/blb/acts/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste and go away with speed out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony about Me.' <a href="/kjv/acts/22.htm">King James Bible</a> And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. <a href="/nkjv/acts/22.htm">New King James Version</a> and saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.’ <a href="/nasb_/acts/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.’ <a href="/nasb/acts/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> and I saw Him saying to me, &#8216Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/acts/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.’ <a href="/lsb/acts/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your witness about Me.’ <a href="/amp/acts/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and I saw Him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.’ <a href="/csb/acts/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> and saw him telling me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ <a href="/hcsb/acts/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and saw Him telling me, Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me!&#8217&#8221 <a href="/asv/acts/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me. <a href="/cev/acts/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> of the Lord who said to me, "Hurry and leave Jerusalem! The people won't listen to what you say about me." <a href="/erv/acts/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: because they will not receive of thee testimony concerning me. <a href="/gwt/acts/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> and saw the Lord. He told me, 'Hurry! Get out of Jerusalem immediately. The people here won't accept your testimony about me.' <a href="/gnt/acts/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> in which I saw the Lord, as he said to me, 'Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your witness about me.' <a href="/isv/acts/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> and saw the Lord saying to me, 'Hurry up and get out of Jerusalem at once, because the people won't accept your testimony about me.' <a href="/msb/acts/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and saw the Lord saying to me, ?Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.? <a href="/net/acts/22.htm">NET Bible</a> and saw the Lord saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.' <a href="/nheb/acts/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.' <a href="/wbt/acts/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. <a href="/wey/acts/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I saw Jesus, and He said to me, "'Make haste and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.' <a href="/web/acts/22.htm">World English Bible</a> and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and I saw Him saying to me, Hurry and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony concerning Me; <a href="/blb/acts/22.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste and go away with speed out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony about Me.' <a href="/ylt/acts/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and I saw him saying to me, Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me; <a href="/slt/acts/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And saw him saying to me, Hasten, and come quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony of me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And saw him saying unto me: Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. <a href="/cpdv/acts/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and I saw him saying to me: ‘Hurry! Depart quickly from Jerusalem! For they will not accept your testimony about me.’ <a href="/nabre/acts/22.htm">New American Bible</a> and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry, leave Jerusalem at once, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ <a href="/nrsvce/acts/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and saw Jesus saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I saw a vision, saying to me, Make haste, and get quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive your testimony concerning me. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/22.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “And I saw in a vision as he said to me, 'Hurry and depart from Jerusalem, because they do not receive your testimony about me.' “<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/22.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me. <a href="/godbey/acts/22.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and I saw Him speaking to me, <FR>Hasten, and depart quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/acts/22.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> and beheld him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony of me. <a href="/mace/acts/22.htm">Mace New Testament</a> then I saw JESUS, who said to me, "make haste, and go out of Jerusalem immediately: for they will not receive the attestations you would give of me." Lord, <a href="/wey/acts/22.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> I saw Jesus, and He said to me, "'Make haste and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.' <a href="/worrell/acts/22.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and saw Him, saying to me, <FR>'Make haste, and go forth quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.'<Fr> <a href="/worsley/acts/22.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And I saw Him saying unto me, <FR>Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/acts/22-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=7502" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/22.htm">Paul's Defense to the Crowd</a> …17Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance 18<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: idein (V-ANA) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">saw</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">the Lord</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legonta (V-PPA-AMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">saying</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: moi (PPro-D1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">to me,</a> <a href="/greek/4692.htm" title="4692: Speuson (V-AMA-2S) -- To hasten, urge on, desire earnestly. Probably strengthened from pous; to speed, i.e. Urge on; by implication, to await eagerly.">‘Hurry!</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1831.htm" title="1831: exelthe (V-AMA-2S) -- To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.">Leave</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out."></a> <a href="/greek/2419.htm" title="2419: Ierousalēm (N-GFS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine.">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/5034.htm" title="5034: tachei (N-DNS) -- Quickness, speed; hastily, immediately. From the same as tachus; a brief space, i.e. in haste.">quickly,</a> <a href="/greek/1360.htm" title="1360: dioti (Conj) -- On this account, because, for. From dia and hoti; on the very account that, or inasmuch as.">because</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ou (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/3858.htm" title="3858: paradexontai (V-FIM-3P) -- To receive, accept, acknowledge. From para and dechomai; to accept near, i.e. Admit or delight in.">the people here will not accept</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sou (PPro-G2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3141.htm" title="3141: martyrian (N-AFS) -- Witness, evidence, testimony, reputation. From martus; evidence given.">testimony</a> <a href="/greek/4012.htm" title="4012: peri (Prep) -- From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.">about</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: emou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me.’ </a> 19‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/9-26.htm">Acts 9:26-30</a> When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. / Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus. / So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. ... <a href="/acts/21-27.htm">Acts 21:27-31</a> When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, / crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.” / For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple. ... <a href="/acts/23-11.htm">Acts 23:11</a> The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.” <a href="/acts/26-19.htm">Acts 26:19-21</a> So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. / First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance. / For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. <a href="/acts/9-1.htm">Acts 9:1-2</a> Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest / and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. <a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Acts 8:1-3</a> And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. / God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him. / But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison. <a href="/acts/7-54.htm">Acts 7:54-60</a> On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him. / But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. / “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” ... <a href="/acts/13-46.htm">Acts 13:46-50</a> Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. / For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” / When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed. ... <a href="/acts/18-5.htm">Acts 18:5-6</a> And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. / But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” <a href="/acts/28-25.htm">Acts 28:25-28</a> They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: / ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ ... <a href="/matthew/10-14.htm">Matthew 10:14</a> And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. <a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34-37</a> Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. / And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. ... <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/john/15-18.htm">John 15:18-21</a> If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. ... <a href="/john/16-1.htm">John 16:1-4</a> “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away. / They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. / They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and get you quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.saw.<a href="/acts/22-14.htm">Acts 22:14</a> And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.Make.<a href="/matthew/10-14.htm">Matthew 10:14,23</a> And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet… <a href="/luke/21-21.htm">Luke 21:21</a> Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.for.<a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;<a href="/ezekiel/3-6.htm">Ezekiel 3:6,7</a> Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/16-21.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/acts/20-7.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/luke/19-6.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/acts/22-2.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/acts/20-16.htm">Hurry</a> <a href="/acts/21-32.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/acts/22-17.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/acts/22-8.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/acts/21-40.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">Make</a> <a href="/acts/10-42.htm">Quick</a> <a href="/acts/21-32.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/acts/22-13.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/acts/22-9.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/acts/21-32.htm">Straight</a> <a href="/acts/22-5.htm">Testimony</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/24-3.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/acts/22-21.htm">Depart</a> <a href="/genesis/19-22.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/acts/22-22.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">Hurry</a> <a href="/acts/22-29.htm">Immediately</a> <a href="/acts/23-11.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/acts/24-24.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/acts/24-25.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/acts/26-28.htm">Make</a> <a href="/romans/3-15.htm">Quick</a> <a href="/romans/9-28.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/acts/24-3.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/acts/26-14.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/acts/23-30.htm">Straight</a> <a href="/acts/23-11.htm">Testimony</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 22</div>1. <a href="/acts/22-1.htm">Paul declares how he was converted to the faith,</a> 17. <a href="/acts/22-17.htm">and called to his apostleship.</a> 22. <a href="/acts/22-22.htm">At the very mentioning of the Gentiles the people exclaim on him.</a> 24. <a href="/acts/22-24.htm">He would have been scourged;</a> 25. <a href="/acts/22-25.htm">but claiming the privilege of a Roman, he escapes.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>and saw the Lord saying to me This phrase indicates a divine vision or revelation, a common occurrence in the life of Paul, who often received direct communication from the Lord. The Lord here refers to Jesus Christ, affirming His divine authority and continued guidance in Paul's ministry. This vision is consistent with other biblical accounts where God communicates directly with His chosen servants, such as Moses at the burning bush (Exodus 3) and Isaiah's vision in the temple (Isaiah 6). The personal nature of this communication underscores the intimate relationship between Paul and Christ, a theme prevalent throughout Paul's epistles.‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly The urgency in the command "Hurry!" reflects the immediate danger Paul faced in Jerusalem. Historically, Jerusalem was a center of Jewish religious life and a place of significant tension for early Christians. The city was known for its resistance to the Gospel, as seen in the persecution of the apostles and the martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7). The directive to leave quickly suggests that Paul's life was at risk, and it highlights the protective nature of God's guidance. This mirrors other instances in Scripture where God instructs His people to flee from danger, such as Joseph and Mary fleeing to Egypt with Jesus (<a href="/matthew/2-13.htm">Matthew 2:13</a>).because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’ The phrase "the people here" refers to the Jewish population in Jerusalem, who were often resistant to the message of Jesus as the Messiah. This rejection is a recurring theme in the New Testament, as many Jews struggled to reconcile Jesus' teachings with their traditional beliefs. Paul's testimony about Christ was rooted in his dramatic conversion experience on the road to Damascus (Acts 9), which he frequently recounted as evidence of Jesus' transformative power. The rejection of Paul's testimony by the Jews in Jerusalem fulfills the prophetic words of Jesus, who predicted that His followers would face opposition (<a href="/john/15-18.htm">John 15:18-21</a>). This rejection also foreshadows the broader mission to the Gentiles, as Paul would later become known as the Apostle to the Gentiles (<a href="/romans/11-13.htm">Romans 11:13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul (Saul of Tarsus)</a> The apostle who is recounting his conversion experience and subsequent vision in Jerusalem. He is a central figure in the spread of Christianity among the Gentiles. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The Lord (Jesus Christ)</a> The risen Christ who appears to Paul in a vision, instructing him to leave Jerusalem due to the rejection of his testimony. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where Paul is instructed to leave. It is significant as the center of Jewish religious life and the location of the early church's beginnings. 4. <a href="/topical/p/paul's_testimony.htm">Paul's Testimony</a> Refers to Paul's witness of Jesus Christ and his mission to spread the Gospel, which is being rejected by the people in Jerusalem. 5. <a href="/topical/v/vision.htm">Vision</a> A supernatural experience where Paul receives direct communication from Jesus, guiding his actions and mission.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_divine_guidance.htm">Obedience to Divine Guidance</a> Paul’s immediate response to the Lord’s command highlights the importance of obeying God’s guidance, even when it involves leaving a familiar or significant place. <a href="/topical/r/rejection_as_part_of_the_christian_experience.htm">Rejection as Part of the Christian Experience</a> The rejection Paul faces is a reminder that Christians may encounter opposition when sharing their faith, but they should remain steadfast and seek God’s direction. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_mission.htm">God’s Sovereignty in Mission</a> God’s instruction to Paul to leave Jerusalem underscores His sovereignty in directing the spread of the Gospel and ensuring its reach to the Gentiles. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_visions_and_revelations.htm">The Role of Visions and Revelations</a> Paul’s vision illustrates how God can use supernatural means to communicate His will, emphasizing the need for spiritual discernment and openness to God’s leading.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 22</a> <a href="/q/what_is_unknowingly_worshiped_biblically.htm">What visions did Paul experience in his apocalyptic journey?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_paul's_temple_vision.htm">Acts 22:17-21 - Are there historical or archaeological records supporting Paul's supposed vision in the temple?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_romans_15_8_fit_universal_salvation.htm">Romans 15:8 highlights Jesus as a servant to the Jews, so how does this align with the broader claim of salvation for all people?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_send_a_'lying_spirit'.htm">In 1 Kings 22:19-23, how can a just and holy God send a 'lying spirit' to deceive Ahab's prophets?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18)Get thee quickly out of Jerusalem.--It is obvious that this fits in better with the first hurried visit after St. Paul's conversion than with the second, when he came with Barnabas with alms for the sufferers from the famine. (See Note on <a href="/acts/11-30.htm" title="Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.">Acts 11:30</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - Because for for, A.V.; of thee testimony for thy testimony, A.V. and T.R. Get thee quickly, etc. The narrative in <a href="/acts/9-28.htm">Acts 9:28-30</a> does not mention the vision, but gives the murderous opposition of the Hellenist Jews as the reason of Saul's departure from Jerusalem to Tarsus. Possibly, if it had not been for the Divine warning, the apostle would have braved the danger and lost his life. <a href="/commentaries/acts/22-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. saw ἰδεῖν (idein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. [the Lord] αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. saying λέγοντά (legonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. to me, μοι (moi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. ‘Hurry! Σπεῦσον (Speuson) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4692.htm">Strong's 4692: </a> To hasten, urge on, desire earnestly. Probably strengthened from pous; to 'speed', i.e. Urge on; by implication, to await eagerly. Leave ἔξελθε (exelthe) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1831.htm">Strong's 1831: </a> To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue. Jerusalem Ἰερουσαλήμ (Ierousalēm) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2419.htm">Strong's 2419: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine. quickly, τάχει (tachei) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5034.htm">Strong's 5034: </a> Quickness, speed; hastily, immediately. From the same as tachus; a brief space, i.e. in haste. because διότι (dioti) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1360.htm">Strong's 1360: </a> On this account, because, for. From dia and hoti; on the very account that, or inasmuch as. [the people here] will not accept παραδέξονταί (paradexontai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3858.htm">Strong's 3858: </a> To receive, accept, acknowledge. From para and dechomai; to accept near, i.e. Admit or delight in. your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. testimony μαρτυρίαν (martyrian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3141.htm">Strong's 3141: </a> Witness, evidence, testimony, reputation. From martus; evidence given. about περὶ (peri) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_4012.htm">Strong's 4012: </a> From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time. Me.’ ἐμοῦ (emou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/22-18.htm">Acts 22:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/22-18.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 22:18 And saw him saying to me 'Hurry (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/22-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 22:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 22:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/22-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 22:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 22:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>