Acts 26:17

Protection and safety Witness and mission

¹⁵ ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.

¹⁶ ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

¹⁸ to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

¹⁹ So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

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: I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
KJV: Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
WEB: delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
ASV: delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
DARBY: taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,
BLB: delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

ÅB: idet jeg frir deg ut fra folket og hedningene, som jeg sender deg til
OTB: Jeg vil redde deg fra ditt eget folk og fra hedningene. Jeg sender deg til dem
B1930: idet jeg frir dig ut fra folket og hedningene, som jeg sender dig til

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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Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
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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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2 Timothy 4:16–17
At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
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Acts 28:28
Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
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Galatians 2:9
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
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Jeremiah 1:8
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
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