Bible Strands
Acts 9:16
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord addresses Ananias during a vision, immediately after identifying Saul as the chosen instrument to carry the name before Gentiles, kings, and Israel.
The words — The Greek ὑποδεῖξω (hupodeixō) literally means “will show in detail,” and δεῖ (dei) translates to “it is necessary” or “must.”
The thread — The text establishes that appointed suffering for the name runs through 1 Thessalonians 3:3 regarding destined trials, Acts 21:11 where the Holy Spirit predicts binding, and 2 Corinthians 6:4 which lists endurance through troubles as a mark of God’s servants.
Why it lands — The passage states that suffering is a required portion for bearing the name, demanding that readers accept hardship as an expected component of faithful service rather than a sign of divine abandonment.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 3:3 so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
- Acts 21:11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
- 2 Corinthians 6:4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
- John 15:20 Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
- 2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
- 1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9 For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
- 2 Timothy 2:9 for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!