Persecuting - dioko - To pursue, to flee; intense effort and with definite purpose or goal. To organize a program to persecute or harass people.

Kick against the goads - Rebellion against lawful authority, causing greater difficulty.

Lord - kurios - Title for God or Jesus; Supreme in authority, title of respect for one who rules or exercises authority over others.

Rise - anistemi - To come into existence, assuming a place or position.

Stand - histemi - Continue in your place in spite of resistance; Firmly planted & established

Appeared - optanomai - To be seen by or to be visible to; something remarkable

Purpose - Planned in advance, put in place before hand.

Minister - huperetes - under oarsman, subordinate; assistant or servant acting under the direction of another.

Witness - martus - One who testifies from personal knowledge; gives evidence; martyr

1) Things you have seen - eido - Fullness of knowledge, know completely.

Past - Things you know and are familiar with, your experience

2) Things which I will yet reveal to you - optanomai - Things you don’t currently know but I will show you. Things that are there and available but you are not aware of them.

Future - New things that you don’t know and are not familiar with

To Open their eyes - Speaks of blindness, cannot see where they are going; unable to discern or judge

Open - having no enclosing or confining barrier: accessible on all or nearly all sides; being in a position to permit passage: not shut or locked

To Turn from - epistrepho - To twist around, to change one’s manner of life in a different direction

Darkness - skotos - shadiness, a shadow; Cast by an object that blocks the passage of rays of light.

Light - phos - To shine or make manifest, luminous

Power - exousia - Authority; State of control over someone; The ability or strength along with the right to exercise the power that is given.