Acts 26:17

delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send thee,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee,

18to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but LORD delivers him out of them all.

Jeremiah 1:8Be not afraid because of them, for I am with thee to deliver thee, says LORD.

Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, Go, because this man is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before Gentiles and kings, and sons of Israel.

Acts 9:29And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to destroy him.

Acts 14:5And as a violent movement developed, both of the Gentiles and of the Jews, with their rulers, to denounce and to stone them,

Acts 16:39And having come they besought them, and when they brought them out, they asked them to go out of the city.

Matthew Henry on Acts 26:13-24

Paul's Fifth Defence. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus… Read the whole commentary →

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