Acts 26:19

Bible in Basic English

So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

King James Version (1611)
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly vision:

King James Version
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

English Standard Version
"Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

New American Standard Bible
"For that reason, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,

New Century Version
"King Agrippa, after I had this vision from heaven, I obeyed it.

Amplified Bible
"So, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Legacy Standard Bible
"So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Berean Standard Bible
So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

Contemporary English Version
King Agrippa, I obeyed this vision from heaven.

Complete Jewish Bible
"So, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the vision from heaven!

Darby Translation
Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

Easy-to-Read Version
Paul continued speaking: "King Agrippa, after I had this vision from heaven, I obeyed it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly vision,

George Lamsa Translation
Whereupon, O King A-grip''pa, I did not disobey the heavenly vision:

Good News Translation
"And so, King Agrippa, I did not disobey the vision I had from heaven.

Lexham English Bible
"Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Literal Translation
Upon this, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

American Standard Version
Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

Hebrew Names Version
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

International Standard Version
"And so, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

Etheridge Translation
Wherefore, king Agripos, I withstood not with perversity the heavenly vision,

Murdock Translation
Wherefore, king Agrippa, I did not contumaciously withstand the heavenly vision:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherfore, O kyng Agrippa, I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly visio:

English Revised Version
Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

World English Bible
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
From that time, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Weymouth's New Testament
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wherfor, sir kyng Agrippa, Y was not vnbileueful to the heuenli visioun;

Update Bible Version
Therefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

Webster's Bible Translation
Upon which O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

New English Translation
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

New King James Version
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

New Living Translation
"And so, King Agrippa, I obeyed that vision from heaven.

New Life Bible
"King Agrippa, I obeyed what I saw from heaven.

New Revised Standard
"After that, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, O King Agrippa, - I became not disobedient unto the heavenly vision;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not incredulous to the heavenly vision.

Revised Standard Version
"Wherefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Wherfore kynge Agrippa I was not disobedient vnto the hevenly vision:

Young's Literal Translation
`Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Wherfore (O kynge Agrippa) I was not faithlesse vnto ye heauely vision,

Mace New Testament (1729)
this heavenly vision, king Agrippa, I presently obey'd:

THE MESSAGE
"What could I do, King Agrippa? I couldn't just walk away from a vision like that! I became an obedient believer on the spot. I started preaching this life-change—this radical turn to God and everything it meant in everyday life—right there in Damascus, went on to Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside, and from there to the whole world.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"King Agrippa, I have obeyed everything I was told to do when heaven opened up and talked to me.

Contextual Overview

¹² Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests, ¹³ In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me. ¹⁴ And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you. ¹⁵ And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking. ¹⁶ But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me; ¹⁷ And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, ¹⁸ To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me. ¹⁹ So, then, King Agrippa, I did not go against the vision from heaven; ²⁰ But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart. ²¹ For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

O king: Acts 26:2, Acts 26:26, Acts 26:27

I was not: Exodus 4:13, Exodus 4:14, Isaiah 50:5, Jeremiah 20:9, Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 2:8, Ezekiel 3:14, Jonah 1:3, Galatians 1:16

Reciprocal: Numbers 9:5 - according Isaiah 1:1 - vision Jeremiah 13:5 - as Jeremiah 18:3 - I went Ezekiel 3:2 - General Ezekiel 12:7 - I did so Daniel 5:18 - O thou Matthew 24:31 - he Acts 10:8 - he sent Acts 12:9 - he went Titus 3:3 - disobedient Hebrews 4:11 - unbelief James 4:7 - Submit 1 Peter 2:7 - which be

Cross-References

Genesis 26:10
Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.

Genesis 26:11
And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.

Song of Solomon 4:15
You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.

John 7:38
He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Whereupon, O King Agrippa,.... Having been favoured with this illustrious appearance of the Lord and with this declaration and commission from him:

I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision; to Christ himself, who appeared from heaven in so much light and glory, and spoke unto him, and appointed him what he should be, and do, and declared what use he should be of: he did not disbelieve what Christ said, nor was he disobedient to the orders he gave, but immediately set about the work he called him to, without consulting flesh and blood; see Galatians 1:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whereupon - Whence ὅθεν hothen. Since the proof of his being the Messiah, of his resurrection, and of his calling me to this work, was so clear and plain, I deemed it my duty to engage without delay in the work.

I was not disobedient - I was not incredulous or unbelieving; I yielded myself to the command, and at once obeyed. See Acts 9:6; compare Galatians 1:16.

Unto the heavenly vision - To the celestial appearance, or to the vision which appeared to me from heaven. I did not doubt that this splendid appearance Acts 26:13 was from heaven, and I did not refuse to obey the command of him who thus appeared to me. He knew it was the command of God his Saviour, and he gave evidence of repentance by yielding obedience to it at once.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 26:19. I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision — This, O Agrippa, was the cause of my conversion from my prejudices and mal-practices against the doctrine of Christ. The vision was from heaven; I received it as such, and began to preach the faith which I had before persecuted.