Lexicon :: Strong's G1473 - egō

“I will judge the nation that they will serve as slaves, God said. After this, they will come out and worship me in this place.

“I am the God of your ancestors ​— ​the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.

“Who are you, Lord? ” Saul said.

“I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting,” he replied.

There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.”

“Here I am, Lord,” he replied.

“I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”

“Get up, go downstairs, and go with them with no doubts at all, because I have sent them.”

“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a trance, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

“If, then, God gave them the same gift that he also gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God? ”

“Now as John was completing his mission, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But one is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.’

“God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:

You are my Son;

today I have become your Father.[fn]

“Look, you scoffers,

marvel and vanish away,

because I am doing a work in your days,

a work that you will never believe,

even if someone were to explain it to you.”

“Therefore, in my judgment, we should not cause difficulties for those among the Gentiles who turn to God,

explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.”

“For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

When they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and told them, “Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent.[fn] From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

“For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.”

“But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

“And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, compelled by the Spirit,[fn] not knowing what I will encounter there,

“And now I know that none of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see me again.

“I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Now I ask you, let me speak to the people.”

He continued, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today.

“I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord? ’

“He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’

“But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in you imprisoned and beaten.

“He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”

The commander replied, “I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”

“But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.

Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience to this day.”

When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead! ”

“other than this one statement I shouted while standing among them, ‘Today I am on trial before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’ ”

“The accusers stood up but brought no charge against him of the evils I was expecting.

“Since I was at a loss in a dispute over such things, I asked him if he wanted to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding these matters.

“I found that he had not done anything deserving of death, but when he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

“In fact, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

“I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord? ’

“And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting.

After three days he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.