For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
For I will show him, х hupodeixoo (G5263)]. The word signifies to 'indicate' or 'hint,' rather than to manifest plainly (as in Matthew 3:7). Accordingly, it is evident, from the subsequent history, that though the apostle was prepared by successive hints given him from above, for the worst that could happen to him, he had no knowledge of the precise form in which his sufferings were to come upon him at any stage of his Christian history until he found himself in the midst of them. See Acts 20:22-23; Acts 21:11-13.
How great things he must suffer for my name's sake - q.d., 'Much he has done against that Name; but now, when I show him what great things he must suffer for it, he shall count it his honour and privilege, feeling in himself, by a retribution that will be sweet to him, what he so cruelly made others to feel.' The Redeemer and Ananias converse with each other as Friend with friend; yet neither forgets that it is Master and servant that are talking together.