Acts Chapter 26 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 26:17

delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
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BBE Acts 26:17

And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
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DARBY Acts 26:17

taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom *I* send thee,
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KJV Acts 26:17

Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
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WBT Acts 26:17


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WEB Acts 26:17

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
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YLT Acts 26:17

delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Unto whom for unto whom note, A.V. Unto [the Gentiles]. These seem to be the words heard in the trance reported in Acts 22:21, the sequel to which, as contained in ver. 18, the apostle would then have recited, had he not been cut short by the furious cries of the Jews.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) From the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee.--The distinct mission to the Gentiles seems, in Acts 22:21, to be connected with the trance in the Temple, three years after the conversion. Galatians 1:15-16, however, agrees with what we find hero in connecting it with the very time when the Son of God was first "revealed in him." The distinction between "the people," i.e., Israel, as emphatically entitled to that name, and "nations," the "Gentiles," should be noted. (Comp. Note on Acts 4:25.) The relative "whom" probably refers to the latter of the two nouns rather than to both. In the Greek word for "send" (apostello), we find the warrant for St. Paul's claim to be considered an Apostle "not of men, neither by man," but by the direct personal call of the Lord Jesus (Galatians 1:1). The word that had been used of the Twelve (Matthew 10:16) was used also of him; and the pronoun "I" is specially emphasised.