Verse 17
Acts 26:17
World English Bible, British Edition
17
delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Original Language Text
greek
ἐξαιρούμενός σε ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ⸀ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν, εἰς οὓς ἐγὼ ⸂ἀποστέλλω σε⸃
English Translation
I am sending you out from the people and from the nations to whom I am sending you.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 26 Context
1
Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.”
Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his d...
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2
“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before
you today concerning all th...
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especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which
are amongst the Jews. Therefore...
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“Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which
was from the beginning amongst my...
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having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that
after the strictest sect of our...
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6
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God (Elohim)
to our fathers,
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which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain.
Concerning this hope I am...
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8
Why is it judged incredible with you if God (Elohim) does raise the dead?
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9
“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things
contrary to the name of Yashua (Jesu...
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10
I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in
prisons, having received authorit...
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11
Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme.
Being exceedingly enrage...
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12
“Whereupon as I travelled to Damascus with the authority and
commission from the chief priests,
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at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than
the sun, shining around me and...
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14
When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in
the Hebrew language,
‘Saul, Sau...
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15
“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’
“He said,
‘I am Yashua (Jesus), whom you are persecuting.
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16
But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a ser...
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17
delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
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to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God (El...
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“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly
vision,
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but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout
all the country of Judea, and a...
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21
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill
me.
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22
Having therefore obtained the help that is from God (Elohim), I stand to this
day testifying both to...
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23
how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead,
he would be first to proclaim...
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24
As he thus made his defence, Festus said with a loud voice,
“Paul, you are crazy! Your great learnin...
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25
But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly
declare words of truth and reasonabl...
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26
For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For
I am persuaded that none of the...
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27
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
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28
Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying
to make me a Christian?”
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29
Paul said, “I pray to God (Elohim), that whether with little or with
much, not only you, but also al...
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30
The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who
sat with them.
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31
When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man
does nothing worthy of death o...
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32
Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had
not appealed to Caesar.”
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