Acts 26:16

But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance ¹  as a servant and witness ²  to the things ³  you have seen ⁴  and to the things in which I will appear to you.

Ac 1:17,25; Ac 6:4; Ac 9:6-9; Ac 9:15,16; Ac 13:1-4; Ac 18:9,10; Ac 20:24; Ac 21:19; Ac 22:10; Ac 22:14,15; Ac 22:17-21; Ac 23:11; Ac 27:23,24; Ro 1:5; Ro 15:16; 2Co 4:1; 2Co 5:18; 2Co 12:1-7; Ga 1:12; Ga 2:2; Eph 3:7,8; Col 1:7,23,25; 1Th 3:2; 1Ti 1:12; 1Ti 4:6; 2Ti 4:5

¹ tn L&N 30.89 has “‘to choose in advance, to select beforehand, to designate in advance.’”

² sn As a servant and witness. The commission is similar to Acts 1:8 and Luke 1:2. Paul was now an “eyewitness” of the Lord.

³ tn BDAG 719 s.v. ὁράω A.1.b states, “W. attraction of the relative ὧν = τούτων ἅ Lk 9:36; Ac 22:15. The attraction may be due to colloq. breviloquence in μάρτυρα ὧν τε εἶδες με ὧν τε ὀφθήσομαί σοι a witness to the things in which you saw me and to those in which I shall appear to you Ac 26:16b.”

⁴ tc ‡ Some mss read “of the things in which you have seen me.” The accusative object με (me, “me”) is found after εἶδές (eide") in B C*^vid 614 945 1175 1505 1739 1891 2464 pc sy sa; it is lacking in Ì⁷⁴ א A C² E Ψ 096 Ï latt bo. The external evidence is relatively evenly divided, though there is a slight preference for the omission. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.