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Acts 22:21

Witness and missionThe stranger and outcast

19 ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.

20 And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

22 The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
KJV
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
WEB
“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”
ASV
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.
DARBY
And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off.
BLB
And He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
ÅB
Og han sa til meg: Dra ut! for jeg vil sende deg ut til hedningefolk langt borte.
OTB
Da sa han til meg: ‘Gå! For jeg sender deg langt bort til hedningene.’
B1930
Og han sa til mig: Dra ut! for jeg vil sende dig ut til hedningefolk langt borte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 1 Timothy 2:7

    For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

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  • Ephesians 3:6–8

    This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

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  • Romans 15:16

    to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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  • Galatians 2:7–8

    On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

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  • Romans 11:13

    I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

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  • Acts 13:46–47

    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

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  • Galatians 1:15–16

    But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

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