Acts 26:17

Christ promises to rescue Paul from both Jews and Gentiles, the very peoples to whom He is sending him as a missionary.

Cross-references · 35

• 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.
• 1 Tim 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.
• Rom 11:13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
• Jer 1:19They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
• 2 Tim 1:11to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
• Jer 1:8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
• Acts 28:28Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
• 2 Tim 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
• Eph 3:7–8I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
• Gal 2:9And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
• 2 Tim 4:16–17At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
• Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
• Acts 17:14The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
• Acts 16:39They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.
• Acts 22:21–22Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
• Acts 23:10–24The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.
• Acts 19:28–41When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
• 1 Chr 16:35Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
• Acts 18:10For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”
• 2 Cor 1:8–10We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
• Acts 17:10As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
• Acts 25:9–11But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
• Acts 9:23–25After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
• Acts 27:42–44The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.
• Acts 18:12–16While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.
• Acts 9:29–30He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
• Ps 37:32–33Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
• Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
• 2 Cor 4:8–10We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
• Rom 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.
• Acts 14:5–6But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
• Acts 21:28–36crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
• Acts 14:19–20Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
• Acts 13:50The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
• 2 Cor 11:23–26Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

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