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delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
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Protection Amidst Persecution
Commentators explain that Jesus's promise to "deliver" Paul was not an assurance of a life free from trouble. Instead, it was a guarantee of divine protection amidst the intense persecution He knew Paul would face from both Jews and Gentiles. This verse prepares believers for the reality that serving God often involves hardship, but His help is constant.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Delivering you from the people. From the Jewish people. This implied that he would be persecuted by them, and that the Lord Jesus would in…
Delivering thee (εξαιρουμενος σε). Present middle participle of εξαιρεω, old verb and usually so rendered, but the old Greek also …
19th Century
Anglican
From the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee.—The distinct mission to the Gentiles seems, in Acts 22:21,…
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Baptist
And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. But rise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for th…
On the other hand, this third account leaves out certain features of the other two: (1) the heavenly speaker identifies himself only as Jesus (cf. …
16th Century
Protestant
Delivering thee. In this passage, Paul is armed against all fear that was prepared for him, and he is also prepared to bear the cross. Nev…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Delivering thee from the people That is, the people of the Jews, as they are distinguished from the Gentiles; and so…
Paul was made a Christian by Divine power; by a revelation of Christ both to him and in him; while he was in the full career of his sin. He was mad…
