Acts 26 · Verse 17

Acts 26:17

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

Acts 26:17 in other translations

BSBI will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
WEBdelivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
ASVdelivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,
YLTdelivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,
DARBYtaking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,
BBEAnd I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
WebsterDelivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send thee,

What does Acts 26:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 26:16-18

16-18. 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…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 17. Delivering 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 manner in Lk 9:16.

Unto whom now I send thee. Acts 22:21. As the opposition of the Jews arose mainly from the fact that he had gone among the Gentiles, it was important to bring this part of his commission into full view before Agrippa, and to show that the same Saviour who had miraculously converted him, had commanded him to go and preach to them.

(a) "unto whom" Acts 22:21, Rom 11:13

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 Delivering 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 26:12-23

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…

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Acts 26:17 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐξαιρούμενόςexairoumenosdeliveringG1807
σεseyouG4771
ἐκekout fromG1537
τοῦtoutheG3588
λαοῦlaoupeopleG2992
καὶkaiandG2532
τῶνtōntheG3588
ἐθνῶν,ethnōnGentiles,G1484
εἰςeistoG1519
οὓςhouswhomG3739
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
ἀποστέλλωapostellōam sendingG649
σεseyouG4771

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 26:17

  • Acts 9:15

    But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

  • 1 Timothy 2:7

    Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

  • Jeremiah 1:19

    And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

  • Romans 11:13

    For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:

  • 2 Timothy 4:16-17

    At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

  • Acts 28:28

    Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

  • Galatians 2:9

    And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

  • Jeremiah 1:8

    Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

  • Ephesians 3:7-8

    Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

  • 2 Timothy 1:11

    Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

  • 2 Timothy 3:11

    Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:8-10

    For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Delivering.
9:23-25,29,30; 13:50; 14:5,6,19,20; 16:39; 17:10,14; 18:10,12-16
Ac 19:28-41; 21:28-36; 22:21,22; 23:10-24; 25:3,9-11; 27:42-44
Ps 34:19; 37:32,33; 2Co 1:8-10; 4:8-10; 11:23-26; 2Ti 3:11; 4:16,17
the Gentiles.
9:15; 22:21; 28:28; Ro 11:13; 15:16; Ga 2:9; Eph 3:7,8; 1Ti 2:7
2Ti 1:11; 4:17

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Context

  • Acts 26:16

    But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

  • Acts 26:17

    Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

  • Acts 26:18

    To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

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Acts 26:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Librándote del pueblo y de los Gentiles, á los cuales ahora te envío,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
en te retirant du milieu du peuple et des nations vers lesquelles moi je t’envoie
German
Elberfelder 1871
indem ich dich herausnehme aus dem Volke und den Nationen, zu welchen ich dich sende,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
eripiens te de populo et gentibus, in quas nunc ego mitto te,