Acts 22:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

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  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
  • Acts 13:2 : 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
  • Acts 13:46-47 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
  • Acts 18:6 : 6 And when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, 'Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'
  • Acts 26:17-18 : 17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
  • Rom 1:5 : 5 Through whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for His name;
  • Rom 11:13 : 13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,
  • Rom 15:16 : 16 That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  • Rom 16:26 : 26 But now is revealed, and by the prophetic scriptures, according to the commandment of the eternal God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
  • Gal 1:15-16 : 15 But when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace, 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
  • Gal 2:7-8 : 7 But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised was committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter; 8 (For He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked mightily in me toward the Gentiles:)
  • Eph 3:6-8 : 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel: 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 To which I am appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

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  • 80%

    12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

    13 At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

    14 And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the pricks.

    15 And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

    16 But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will appear to you;

    17 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

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    17 And it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance,

    18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.

    19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

    20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and kept the clothes of those who killed him.

  • 22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live.

  • Acts 22:4-11
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    4 And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

    5 As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.

    6 And it happened, that as I made my journey and was near Damascus around noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

    7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

    8 And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.

    9 And those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of him who spoke to me.

    10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told to you everything that is appointed for you to do.

    11 And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

  • Acts 9:15-16
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    15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

    16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.

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    19 Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

    20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.

    21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and attempted to kill me.

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    22 And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,

    23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.

  • 6 And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.

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    46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

    47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.

  • 28 Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.

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    14 And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will and see that Righteous One, and should hear the voice of his mouth.

    15 For you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

  • 6 And when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, 'Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'

  • 11 And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,

  • 33 So Paul departed from among them.

  • 19 And when he had greeted them, he declared in detail what things God had done among the Gentiles by his ministry.

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    12 And when we heard these things, both we and those of that place pleaded with him not to go to Jerusalem.

    13 Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • 30 And when the brothers found out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him out to Tarsus.

  • 4 And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

  • 30 And when it was disclosed to me that a plot was about to be executed against the man, I sent him immediately to you, having also commanded his accusers to state their case before you. Farewell.

  • 25 And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.

  • 22 Then news of these things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem; and they sent Barnabas to go as far as Antioch.

  • 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

  • 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

  • 22 So the chief captain let the young man depart and charged him, Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.

  • 8 And when he had declared all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa.

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    20 When they asked him to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent,

    21 but bade them farewell, saying, 'I must by all means keep this feast that is coming in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you if God wills.' And he sailed from Ephesus.

  • 1 And Saul approved of his death. And at that time a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.