wSee ch. 22:14, 15
Acts 18:9
9And the Lord said to Paul aone night in ba vision, c“Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,Acts 22:17-21
17 d“When I had returned to Jerusalem and ewas praying in the temple, I fell into fa trance 18and saw him saying to me, g‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ 19And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another hI imprisoned and ibeat those who believed in you. 20And when the blood of Stephen jyour witness was being shed, kI myself was standing by and lapproving and mwatching over the garments of those who killed him.’ 21And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you nfar away to the Gentiles.’”Acts 23:11
11 oThe following night pthe Lord stood by him and said, q“Take courage, for ras you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must stestify also in Rome.”Acts 26:13-19
13At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. 14And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me tin the Hebrew language, ▼▼Or the Hebrew dialect (probably Aramaic)
‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16But rise and vstand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, wto appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, 17 xdelivering you from your people and from the Gentiles— yto whom I zam sending you 18 aato open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from abthe power of Satan to God, that they may receive acforgiveness of sins and ada place among those who are sanctified aeby faith in me.’ 19“Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to afthe heavenly vision,
Galatians 1:12
12 agFor I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it ahthrough a revelation of Jesus Christ.Galatians 2:2
2I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those aiwho seemed influential) the gospel that ajI proclaim among the Gentiles, akin order to make sure I was not running or had not alrun in vain.1 John 5:20
20And we know that the Son of God has come and amhas given us understanding, so that we may know anhim who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and aoeternal life.
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