Neville Goddard on Acts 26:19-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 26 in context

Scripture Focus

19Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Acts 26:19-23

Biblical Context

Paul declares he did not disobey the heavenly vision, preaching repentance to Damascus, Jerusalem, and beyond, urging all to turn to God. He testifies that Christ must suffer, rise, and shed light to both Jews and Gentiles, while he continues witnessing to all.

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul’s claim is not a mere report of events but a statement about the state of consciousness you can enter now. The 'heavenly vision' is the I AM within, and obedience equals alignment of your thoughts and deeds with that inner reality. Going first to Damascus, Jerusalem, and the coasts represents letting the wider circle of your life be governed by this inner light until every corner of your being is touched. Repentance is not guilt but a reversal of inner weather—a turning toward God, the awareness that you are now and always living from the divine I AM, and therefore you do the works befitting that turning. The arrest and the threat become symbols of any old self clinging to limitation; yet with divine help you continue, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses declared: that Christ—in you as living consciousness—must suffer the old self, rise in you, and shed light upon the people. In this light your entire experience becomes ceremony: a continuous revelation of the inner Christ guiding you.