22:18a-b

saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly: The Berean Standard Bible placed the phrase saying to me before the spoken words. Place it where it would be most natural in your language.

22:18a

saw the Lord saying to me: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as the Lord is literally “him.” For example:

saw him saying to me (Revised Standard Version)

Here the pronoun refers to the “Righteous One” in 22:14. This is Jesus, so the Berean Standard Bible translates it as the Lord to make it clear that it does not refer to Ananias. For example:

I saw the Lord, as he said to me (Good News Translation)

22:18b

Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly: The Greek words are literally “Hurry, leave Jerusalem in haste.” It emphasizes that Paul should leave quickly. Other ways to translate these clauses are:

Quick!…Leave Jerusalem immediately (New International Version)
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Hurry,…leave Jerusalem at once (New Jerusalem Bible)

In some languages it is more natural to use only one expression of haste. For example:

Hurry and leave Jerusalem (Contemporary English Version)
-or-
Leave Jerusalem quickly

22:18c

your testimony about Me: This phrase refers to what Paul would say about Jesus. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

your witness about me (Good News Translation)
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the testimony you are giving about me (New Jerusalem Bible)
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what you say about me (Contemporary English Version)

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