Acts 26:17

Acts 26:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
• New International Version (NIV)I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
• English Standard Version (ESV)delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending you
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

Context of Acts 26:17

15And I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 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, [choosing you for Myself and] rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’ 19“So, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Acts 26:17 word by word

ἐξαιρούμενός σε ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν, εἰς οὓς ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω σεRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Deliveringἐξαιρέωexaireō · to take out/selectG1807
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• I sendἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649

Cross-references for Acts 26:17

• Acts 9:23After considerable time had passed [about three years or so], the Jews plotted together to kill him,
• Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the devout, prominent women and the leading men of the city, and instigated persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them forcibly out of their district.
• Acts 14:5When there was an attempt by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to shamefully mistreat and to stone them,
• Acts 16:39so they came [to the prison] and appealed to them [with apologies], and when they brought them out, they kept begging them to leave the city.
• Acts 17:10The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea; and when they arrived, they entered the Jewish synagogue.
• Acts 18:10for I am with you, and no one will attack you in order to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.”
• Acts 19:28When they heard this, they were filled with rage, and they began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
• Acts 21:28shouting, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
• Acts 22:21And the Lord said to me, ‘Go, I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
• Acts 23:10And as the dissension became even greater, the commander, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down and forcibly take him from them, and bring him to the barracks.
• Acts 25:3asking as a concession against Paul, that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; (meanwhile planning an ambush to kill him on the way).
• Acts 27:42The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would dive overboard and swim [to land] and escape;
• Psalms 34:19Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous, But the Lord rescues him from them all.
• Psalms 37:32The wicked lies in wait for the righteous And seeks to kill him.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about our trouble in [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], how we were utterly weighed down, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life [itself].
• 2 Corinthians 4:8We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair;

Commentaries on Acts 26:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Delivering thee from the people - From the Jews - and from the Gentiles, put here in opposition to the Jews; and both meaning mankind at large, wheresoever the providence of God might send him. But he was to be delivered from the malice of the Jews, that he might be sent with salvation to the Gentiles.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Delivering thee from the people - From the Jewish people. This implied that he would be persecuted by them, and that the Lord Jesus would interpose to rescue him. And from the Gentiles - This also implied that he would be persecuted and opposed by them - a prospect which was verified by the whole course of his ministry. Yet in all he experienced, according to the promise, the support and the protection of the Lord Jesus. This was expressed in a summary…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 Paul was made a Christian by Divine power; by a revelation of Christ both to him and in him; when in the full career of his sin. He was made a minister by Divine authority: the same Jesus who appeared to him in that glorious light, ordered him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. A world that sits in darkness must be enlightened; those must be brought to know the things that belong to their everlasting peace, who are yet ignorant of them. A…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18Throughout his defense in this trial for his life, Paul also clearly set out the conditions for receiving new life in Christ (also in 26:20, 23; see Matthew 10:19–20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1816-18. But rise, &c.--Here the apostle appears to condense into one statement various sayings of his Lord to him in visions at different times, in order to present at one view the grandeur of the commission with which his Master had clothed him [Alford]. a minister ... both of these things which thou hast seen--putting him on a footing with those "eye-witnesses and ministers of the word" mentioned in Lu 1:2. and of those in which I will appear to…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 26:17

• Converts
• Court
• Damascus
• Defense
• Gentiles
• Minister, Christian
• Missions
• Paul
• Sanctification
• Sin
• Testimony
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on Acts 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings