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 many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together to kill him.

But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.

And when an assault was making, both of those of the nations and the Jews with their rulers, to use them ill and stone them,

And they came and besought them, and having brought them out, asked them to go out of the city.

But the brethren immediately sent away, in the night, Paul and Silas to Berea; who, being arrived, went away into the synagogue of the Jews.

because I am with thee, and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee; because I have much people in this city.

And having heard this, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.

crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off.

And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring him into the fortress.

asking as a grace against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying people in wait to kill him on the way.

And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.

Many are the adversities of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all:

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened to us in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond our power, so as to despair even of living.

every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) I above measure so; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.

persecutions, sufferings: what sufferings happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured; and the Lord delivered me out of all.

At my first defence no man stood with me, but all deserted me. May it not be imputed to them.

The gentiles

And the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is an elect vessel to me, to bear my name before both nations and kings and the sons of Israel:

And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off.

Be it known to you therefore, that this salvation of God has been sent to the nations; they also will hear it.

For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as I am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;

for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the message of glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

and recognising the grace given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were conspicuous as being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go to the nations, and they to the circumcision;

of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.

to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle, (I speak the truth, I do not lie,) a teacher of the nations in faith and truth.

to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of the nations.

But the Lord stood with me, and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all those of the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth.

General references

A true witness delivereth souls; but deceit uttereth lies.

Is God the God of Jews only? is he not of the nations also? Yea, of nations also: