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

A good while after, the Jews conspir'd to kill him:

but the Jews having animated the women of quality of their religion, and the leading men of the city, raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and banish'd them from their territorys.

upon this the Gentiles and the Jews, supported by their magistrates, made an insurrection in order to use violence against them, and even to stone them:

so they came, and by persuasions brought them out, and desired them to leave the city.

Immediately the brethren sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea, where being arriv'd, they went into the synagogue.

(since I am with thee, and no man shall lift up his hand so as to hurt thee:) for my people in this city are numerous."

at these words, they were fir'd with indignation, and cry'd out, "great is Diana of the Ephesians."

bawling out, "men of Israel, help: this is the man that every where inveighs upon all occasions against the people, against the law, and against this place, where they have brought Greeks too to profane this holy place."

but the Lord said to me, "be gone, for I will send you far hence, even to the Gentiles."

but the tumult growing worse, the tribune apprehensive that Paul might be torn to pieces among them, order'd detachment to secure him by force of arms, and bring him to the castle.

"desiring the favour he might be sent for to Jerusalem." they having prepar'd measures to assassinate him upon the road.

the soldiers propos'd to dispatch the prisoners, for fear any of them should swim for their lives; but the centurion,

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of that insupportable weight of affliction that over-whelm'd me so in Asia that I despaired even of life:

I am press'd on every side, yet not crush'd; perplexed, but not in despair;

so am I: are they ministers of Christ? is it my vanity? I am more so: in toilsome labours I surpass them, in stripes I am exceedingly beyond them, in prisons I have been oftner, and frequently in the very jaws of death.

my persecutions, and the sufferings that befel me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions did I endure? but the Lord deliver'd me out of them all: yes,

At my first defence, I had no assistance, for every body deserted me. I wish it may never be laid to their charge.

The gentiles

go, said the Lord to him: for he is the instrument I have chosen, to bear my name to the Gentiles, to kings, and to the children of Israel.

but the Lord said to me, "be gone, for I will send you far hence, even to the Gentiles."

take notice therefore, that the offers of divine salvation are sent to the Gentiles, and they will receive them.

this concerns you Gentiles. for as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I should do honour to my character,

to be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating the gospel of God, that the Gentiles might be made an acceptable offering, being sanctified by the holy spirit.

Peter, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, perceived the favour that was bestowed on me, they admitted me and Barnabas into fellowship, and agreed, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.

of this I was made a minister, according to the gracious gift God bestowed on me, by the effectual operation of his influence:

for this I was establish'd a herald and an apostle, I speak the truth without disguise, a doctor to instruct the Gentiles in the true faith.

For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer.

however the Lord assisted and strengthen'd me, that the gospel might be confirm'd by my remonstrance, and all the nations might hear it; so that I was deliver'd out of the mouth of the lion:

General references

is God the God of the Jews only, and not of the Gentiles? surely he is of the Gentiles too;