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

Romans 3:29

Bible References

Delivering

And when some days had passed, the Jews took counsel to kill him;

But the Jews excited the pious and honorable women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out from their limits.

And when a design was formed by the gentiles and Jews with their rulers to treat them injuriously, and stone them,

and they came and besought them, and conducting them out desired them to leave the city.

And the brothers immediately, by night, sent away Paul and Silas to Berea; and when they came they went into the synagogue of the Jews;

for I am with you; and no one shall attack you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city.

And hearing this they were full of wrath, and cried, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!

crying, Men of Israel, help; this is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and besides he has brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you to nations far away.

And there being a great dissension, the chiliarch, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the troops to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and conduct him to the fortress.

asking favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, having provided an ambuscade to kill him on the way.

And the design of the soldiers was to kill the prisoners, that none might escape by swimming;

For we wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed beyond our power, so that we despaired even of life;

being afflicted in every thing but not distressed, being perplexed but not in despair,

Are they ministers of Christ? I speak foolishly, I am more; in labors most abundant, in stripes above measure, in imprisonments most abundant, in deaths often;

persecutions, sufferings, which befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the great persecutions which I suffered, and the Lord delivered me from all.

At my first defense no one stood by me, but all forsook me; may it not be set to their account;

The gentiles

But the Lord said to him, Go, for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name both before nations and kings, and the children of Israel;

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you to nations far away.

Be it known to you, therefore, that the salvation of God is sent to the gentiles, and they will hear it.

For I speak to you, gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle of the gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the nations, administering as a priest the gospel of God, that the offering of the nations may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

of which I was made a minister by the gracious gift of God, given to me by the operation of his power.

of which I was made a herald and an apostle,?? speak the truth, I lie not,?? teacher of nations in faith and truth.

of which I was made a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of the nations;

but the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that the word should be fully declared by me, and all the nations should hear, and I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

General references

Is God [a God] of the Jews alone? and not also of the gentiles? Yes, also of the gentiles,