King James Version
Acts 26:19 in the King James Version says “Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:” — study this verse from Acts chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:”
Acts 26:19 · KJV
Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
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“I was”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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