Acts 26:17

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and what I will show you.

18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

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Cross References

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

Jeremiah 1:8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

Acts 9:29He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.

Acts 14:5But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,

Acts 16:39They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave 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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