Acts 26:17

"‘I will deliver you from the Jewish people, and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you to open their eyes

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

16"‘But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you my minister and my witness both of what you have already seen and of those things in which I will appear to you.

18"‘so that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order to receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

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Cross References

Acts 9:15"Go," answered the Lord, "this man is chosen instrument of mine to bear my name before the nations and their kings, and before the Children of Israel also;

Acts 9:29He also used to hold conversations and debates with the Grecian Jews, but they kept trying to kill him.

Acts 14:5And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them,

Acts 16:39So they came and conciliated them, and after taking them out of prison, begged them to leave the town.

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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