American Standard Version
Acts 26:17
17delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
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 art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16But arise, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me, and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee; delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee, 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. 19Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
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ἐξαιρούμενός σε ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν, εἰς οὓς ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω σεRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 26:17
- Acts 9:23And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:
- Acts 13:50But the Jews urged on the devout women of honorable estate, and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their borders.
- Acts 14:5And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them,
- Acts 16:39and they came and besought them; and when they had brought them out, they asked them to go away from the city.
- Acts 17:10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
- Acts 18:10for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.
- Acts 19:28And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
- Acts 21:28crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man that teacheth all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath defiled this holy place.
- Acts 22:21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.
- Acts 23:10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.
- Acts 25:3asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.
- Acts 27:42And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
- Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
- 2 Corinthians 4:8we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto 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
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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
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