Acts 23:11
Greek Text— Acts 23:11The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
Morphological data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”
Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,
This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.
Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.
After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.
By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you.” Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,
He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
He answered, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are unharmed. The appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior. There is no one besides me.
But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”
But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”
saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath,
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
Now, behold, I go bound by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there;
and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’
seeing that you can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”
But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;
When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
When we entered into Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.
even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.
so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ,
Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,