Acts 26:17

I will rescue yoʋ from yoʋr own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending yoʋ

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16But rise and stand on yoʋr feet, for I have appeared to yoʋ for this purpose, to appoint yoʋ as a servant and as a witness to the things yoʋ have seen and to the things in which I will appear to yoʋ.

18to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an allotment among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.’

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Cross References

Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a vessel chosen by me to bring my name before Gentiles, kings, and the sons of Israel.

Acts 9:29He would also speak and debate with the Hellenists, but they were trying to kill him.

Acts 14:5And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat them and stone them,

Acts 16:39So they came and spoke to them in a conciliatory manner. As they escorted them out, they begged them to 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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