Acts 26:17

and I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

16Now get up and stand on your feet; because for this purpose I appeared to you, to appoint you to be a servant and a witness concerning the things that you know about me now and the things that I will show to you later;

18to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive from God the forgiveness of sins and the inheritance that I give to them who are sanctified by faith in me.'

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Cross References

Psalms 34:19Many are the troubles of the righteous, 1 but Yahweh delivers them out of them all. 1

Jeremiah 1:8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to rescue you—this is Yahweh's declaration.”

Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine, to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel;

Acts 9:29and debated with the Grecian Jews; but they kept trying to kill him.

Acts 14:5When both Gentiles and Jews attempted to persuade their leaders to mistreat and stone Paul and Barnabas,

Acts 16:39The magistrates came and apologized to them and brought them out, asking them them to go away from 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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