Acts 26:16-17

16Get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you [to serve] as a minister and as a witness [to testify, with authority,] not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you,

17[choosing you for Myself and] rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,