Acts 23:11 meaning and explanation

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

Acts 23:11, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul has just been rescued from a violent meeting of the Sanhedrin and is held in the Roman barracks in Jerusalem. The Lord himself stands near him in the night, using the Greek word tharseo, meaning take courage, and promises that his testimony in Jerusalem will be matched by testimony in Rome.

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