Read Acts 26.12-23. In verses 13-14: Several details heighten the earlier accounts: brighter that the sun; we had all fallen to the ground; a voice in the Hebrew language. Kicking against the goads in the action of a stubborn resistance to divine prodding. In verse 16: To serve and testify corresponds to the calling of ministers and witnesses (Lk 1.2; Acts 1.22; 2.32; 10.39, 41). In verses 17-18: Paul's mission is again focused on the Gentiles (see 22.22 in contrasts to 9.15) to bring them into the promises of Israel. The text echoes with the promises of light and forgiveness of Isa 42.7, 16, and Acts 2.38-39. Satan is directly mentioned in Lk 10.18; 11.18; 13.16; 22.3, 31; Acts 5.3. In verse 20: Paul's account focuses on Palestine 91.8) with no mention of this mission in Asia Minor or Greece. In verse 22: Like Jesus in Luke 24.27, 44 (see also Lk 16.31), Paul claims the fulfillment of the prophets and Moses. In verse 23: The necessity of the suffering of the Messiah is a central affirmation in the scriptural interpretation of Luke and Acts (see comments on Lk 24.25-27; Acts 3.18). The promise of light both to our people and to the Gentiles is a thematic allusion to Isa 49.6 (see also 1.8; 13.47). Comments and Questions..
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