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Acts 26:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
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Role in This Section
Maps repentance preaching from Damascus and Jerusalem through Judea to Gentiles.
Read It With
- Acts 26:19–26:23
Read Acts 26:20 with 26:19–26:23. In isolation, this contribution—maps repentance preaching from Damascus and Jerusalem through Judea to Gentiles—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: Paul says he was not disobedient to the vision, preached repentance with fitting deeds, survived attempts on his life through divine help, and claims Moses and the prophets anticipated Messiah's suffering and light.
Why It Needs Context
Maps repentance preaching from Damascus and Jerusalem through Judea to Gentiles. Its responsible force depends on the full sequence, speaker, narrator framing, and outcome of Acts 26:19–26:23; it is connective evidence rather than a complete standalone teaching.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 26:19–26:23 — Paul presents his mission as obedient prophetic witnessSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 26:19–26:23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 26:19-26:23
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