Daniel 4:2 Cross References - NSB

² »It seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.

¹⁹ Joshua said to Achan: »My son, give glory to Jehovah God of Israel and confess to him. Tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.«

¹⁶ Come and listen, all who reverence God, and I will tell you what he has done for me.

¹⁸ And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your strength to this generation, your power to all who are to come.

¹⁴ Rescue (deliver) me from the bloodguilt of murder O God of my salvation. Let my tongue sing joyfully about your righteousness!

¹ It is good to give thanks to Jehovah, to sing praises to your name, O Most High. ² It is good to declare your loving kindness in the morning and your faithfulness at night.

²⁶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning blazing furnace. He called out: »Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God come here!« Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire.

³ »I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel. I received instruction in the Law of our ancestors and was just as zealous for God as are all of you. ⁴ »I persecuted the people who followed this Way to the point of death. I arrested men and women and threw them into prison. ⁵ »The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received letters from them written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished. ⁶ »While I was traveling I came near Damascus about midday. Suddenly a bright light from the sky flashed around me. ⁷ »I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me: ‘Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ ⁸ »Who are you, Lord?« I asked. »I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute,« he said to me. ⁹ »Everyone with me saw the light. They did not hear the voice of the one speaking to me. ¹⁰ »I asked: What shall I do, Lord? He said: ‘Go to Damascus. There you will be told what God wants you to do.’ ¹¹ »I was blind because of the bright light. So my companions took me by the hand and led me to Damascus. ¹² »A man named Ananias was in that city. He is a religious man who obeyed our Law and was highly respected by all the Jews living there. ¹³ »He came and stood by me, and said: ‘Brother Saul, see again!’ At that very moment I saw again and looked at him. ¹⁴ »He said: ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will. You are to see his righteous servant, and to hear him speak with his own voice. ¹⁵ ‘You will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard. ¹⁶ ‘Wait no longer! Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.’

⁹ »I was convinced that I should oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ¹⁰ »That I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the holy ones in prison. I received authority from the chief priests and gave the command to put them to death. ¹¹ »I punished them in every synagogue and tried to force them to recant their beliefs. I was exceedingly mad against them. I persecuted them even in strange cities. ¹² »I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests. ¹³ »At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven. It was brighter than the sun and shinned all around me. It also shinned around those who journeyed with me. ¹⁴ »We all fell to the ground. I heard a voice speaking to me. It said in the Hebrew tongue: ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ (You only hurt yourself.) ¹⁵ »I said: ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he answered: ‘I am Jesus whom you persecute. ¹⁶ »Stand up on your feet. I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things that you have seen, and of those things I will show to you.