Acts 26:17
delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 34:19Many [are] the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.
Jeremiah 1:8Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee [am] I to deliver thee, — an affirmation of Jehovah.'
Acts 9:15And the Lord said unto him, 'Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings — the sons also of Israel;
Acts 9:29and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, he was both speaking and disputing with the Hellenists, and they were taking in hand to kill him,
Acts 14:5and when there was a purpose both of the nations and of the Jews with their rulers to use [them] despitefully, and to stone them,
Acts 16:39and having come, they besought them, and having brought [them] forth, they were asking [them] to go forth from the city;
Matthew Henry on Acts 26:13-24
Paul's Fifth Defence. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus… Read the whole commentary →