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

But after many days had passed, the Jews took counsel together to kill him;

But the Jews stirred up the women of rank who worshipped God, and the chief men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them from their borders.

And when a movement was made both of the gentiles, and the Jews with their rulers, to abuse and stone them,

And they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they entreated them to leave the city.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea; who, having come there, went into the synagogue of the Jews.

for I am with thee, and no one shall lay hands on thee, to hurt thee; for I have much people in this city.

And hearing this they became full of wrath, and kept crying out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!

crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man that teacheth every one everywhere against the people, and the Law, and this place; and besides he even brought Greeks into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

And he said to me, Depart; for I will send thee far hence to the gentiles.

And a great dissension arising, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.

asking for themselves a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, intending to place men in wait to kill him on the road.

And on the part of the soldiers there was a plan to kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim out and escape.

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our distress which came upon us in Asia, that it was exceedingly heavy upon us beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;

being troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair;

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

persecutions, sufferings; what things came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me.

At my first defence no one came forward with me, but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge!

The gentiles

But the Lord said to him, Go; for this man is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel.

And he said to me, Depart; for I will send thee far hence to the gentiles.

Be it therefore known to you, that to the gentiles this salvation of God hath been sent; they, moreover, will hear.

For I am speaking to you gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the gentiles, I magnify my office,

that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles, performing the office of a priest in respect to the gospel of God, that the oblation of the gentiles may be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

and when they knew the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the gentiles, and they to the circumcised;

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.

whereunto I was appointed a herald and an apostle, (I speak the truth, I lie not,) a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.

for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles.

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that the preaching might be fully accomplished by me, and that all the gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the lions mouth.

General references

Or is God [the God] of Jews alone? Is he not also the God of gentiles? Yea, of gentiles also.