Paul’s Defense to the Crowd
Acts 22:21
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
- KJV
- And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
- WEB
- “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”
- ASV
- And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.
- LSV
- and He said to me, Go, because I will send you to far-off nations.”
- YLT
- and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'
- DBY
- And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off.
- DRC
- And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off, will I send thee.
- GNV
- Then he sayd vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ εἶπεν πρός με· Πορεύου, ὅτι ἐγὼ εἰς ἔθνη μακρὰν ἐξαποστελῶ σε.
- RP2018
- Καὶ εἶπεν πρός με, Πορεύου, ὅτι ἐγὼ εἰς ἔθνη μακρὰν ἐξαποστελῶ σε.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ εἶπε πρός με, Πορεύου, ὅτι ἐγὼ εἰς ἔθνη μακρὰν ἐξαποστελῶ σε.
- SCR1894
- και ειπεν προς με πορευου οτι εγω εις εθνη μακραν εξαποστελω σε
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
- Ephesians 3:6–8This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace,…
- 1 Timothy 2:7For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
- Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
- Galatians 2:7–8On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also…
- Romans 11:13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
- Acts 13:46–47Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For this…
- Galatians 1:15–16But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
- 2 Timothy 1:11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
- Acts 18:6But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
- Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith —
- Romans 1:5Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
- Acts 26:17–18I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive…
- Acts 13:2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
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