Acts 22:18
Good News Translation
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.'

New Revised Standard Version
and saw Jesus saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

Contemporary English Version
of the Lord who said to me, "Hurry and leave Jerusalem! The people won't listen to what you say about me."

New American Bible
and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry, leave Jerusalem at once, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And saw him saying unto me: Make haste and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And saw him saying unto me: Make haste and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

saw.

Acts 22:14 But he said: The God of our fathers hath preordained thee that thou shouldst know his will and see the Just One and shouldst hear the voice from his mouth.

Make.

Matthew 10:14,23 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet. . . .

Luke 21:21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains: and those who are in the midst thereof depart out: and those who are in the countries not enter into it.

for.

Acts 3:19 Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.

Ezekiel 3:6,7 Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee. . . .

Context
Paul's Defense to the Crowd
17And it came to pass, when I was come again to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance, 18And saw him saying unto me: Make haste and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. 19And I said: Lord, they know that I cast into prison and beat in every synagogue them that believed in thee.…
Cross References
Acts 9:29
He spoke also to the Gentiles and disputed with the Greeks. But they sought to kill him.

1 Corinthians 9:1
Am I not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?

Acts 22:17
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