16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose,to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles,to whom I now send you, 18 to open their eyes, in orderto turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God,that they may receive forgiveness of sins andan inheritance among those who aresanctified by faith in Me.’