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Acts 22:21

And He said to me, Go: because I will send thee far away to the Gentiles.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

In Context

20and when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of those killing him.

22And they continued to hear him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Take away such a one from the earth: for it is not appropriate for him to live.

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Cross References

Acts 9:15And the Lord said to him, Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel:

Acts 13:46And Paul and Barnabas speaking boldly, said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: since you have rejected it, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold we now turn to the Gentiles.

Acts 26:17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

Romans 11:13But I speak to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry:

Romans 16:26but having now indeed been made manifest, through the prophetical scriptures, and having been made known to all the Gentiles, according to the commandment of the eternal God, unto the obedience of faith;

Galatians 2:7but on the contrary, seeing that I am intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, like Peter of the circumcision,

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:4-22

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to… Read the whole commentary →

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