Acts 26:17

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Summary

Acts 26:17

Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

Delivering

The gentiles

General references

Proverbs 14:25

Romans 3:29

Bible References

Delivering

Now, when a considerable number of days were being fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him;

But, the Jews, urged on the devout women of the higher class, and the chief men of the city, and roused up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, - and thrust them out from their bounds.

But, when there took place an assault both of them of the nations and of the Jews, with their rulers, to maltreat and to stone them,

and came, and besought them, and, leading them out, went on to request them to depart from the city.

But, the brethren, straightway, during the night, sent away both Paul and Silas unto Beroea, who, indeed, arriving, unto the synagogue of the Jews, went off;

Inasmuch as, I, am with thee, and, no one, shall set upon thee to harm thee; inasmuch as I have much people in this city.

Now, hearing this, and becoming full of wrath, they began crying aloud, saying - Great, is Diana of the Ephesians!

crying out - Israelites! be giving help! This, is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, is teaching, all men everywhere; furthermore, even Greeks, hath he brought into the temple, and hath profaned this holy place.

And he said unto me - -Be taking thy journey; because, I, unto nations afar off, will send thee.

And, great dissension arising, the captain, fearing lest Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the troop to go down, and take him by force out of their midst, to bring him into the castle.

asking for themselves as a favour against him, that he would send for him unto Jerusalem, - making, an ambush, to kill him on the way.

Now, the soldiers counsel, turned out to be, that they should kill, the prisoners, lest any one should swim out and escape;

Many are the misfortunes of the righteous, But, out of them all, doth Yahweh rescue him.

The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened in Asia, - that, exceedingly, beyond power, were we weighed down, so that we despaired, even of life.

On every side, pressed hard, but not hemmed in, without a way, but not without a by-way,

Ministers of Christ, are they? As one deranged I am talking, I, above measure! - in toils, superabundantly, in prisons, superabundantly, in stripes, to excess, in deaths, oft, -

persecutions, sufferings, what manner of things, befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, what manner of persecutions, I endured, - and, out of all, the Lord, rescued me; -

In my first defence, no man, came in to help me, but, all, forsook me, - unto them, may it not be reckoned! -

The gentiles

But the Lord said unto him - Be going thy way; for, a choice vessel unto me, is this man, to bear my name before both thenations and kings, and the sons of Israel;

And he said unto me - -Be taking thy journey; because, I, unto nations afar off, will send thee.

Be it, known unto you, therefore, that, unto the nations, hath been sent forth this salvation of God: they, will also hear.

Unto you, however, am I speaking, - you of the nations; inasmuch, indeed, then, as, I, am an apostle to the nations, my ministry, I glorify,

That I should be a public minister of Christ Jesus unto the nations, doing priestly service with the glad-message of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might prove to be acceptable, being hallowed in Holy Spirit:

And when they perceived the favour which had been given unto me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave, the right hand of fellowship, unto me and Barnabas, in order that, we, should go unto the nations, and, they, unto the circumcision: -

Of which I was made a minister, according to the free-gift of the favour of God which was given unto me, according to the energy of his power:

Unto which, I, have been appointed proclaimer and apostle - Truth I speak, I utter no falsehood - a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.

Whereunto, I, have been appointed herald and apostle and teacher;

But, the Lord, stood by me, and empowered me, in order that, through me, the proclamation, might be fully made, and, all the nations, might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion: -

General references

A deliverer of souls, is a faithful witness, but, he that uttereth falsehoods, is a fraud.

Or, is God the God, of Jews only, and not of the nations also? Yea! of the nations also: -