Acts 26:18
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.
Study Note
Study Note
Paul recounts Christ's commission on the Damascus road: '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.' The verse offers one of the New Testament's most comprehensive mission statements, linking illumination (darkness to light), liberation (Satan to God), forgiveness, and inheritance in a single string. Isaiah 42:7's Servant mission — 'to open blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison' — is unmistakably echoed, connecting Paul's apostleship to the Servant's liberating vocation.
Other Translations
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
to open their eyes, to turn <FI>them<Fi> from darkness to light, and <FI>from<Fi> the authority of the Adversary unto God, for their receiving forgiveness of sins, and a lot among those having been sanctified, by faith that <FI>is<Fi> toward me.
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
Cross References
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the …
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow …
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall …
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out …
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that …