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 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• 1 Tim 2:7Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
• Rom 11:13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
• Jer 1:19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
• 2 Tim 1:11Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
• Jer 1:8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
• Acts 28:28Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
• 2 Tim 3:11Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
• Eph 3:7–8Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
• Gal 2:9And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
• 2 Tim 4:16–17At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
• Acts 25:3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
• Acts 17:14And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
• Acts 16:39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
• Acts 22:21–22And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• Acts 23:10–24And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
• Acts 19:28–41And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
• 1 Chr 16:35And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
• Acts 18:10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
• 2 Cor 1:8–10For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
• Acts 17:10And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
• Acts 25:9–11But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
• Acts 9:23–25And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
• Acts 27:42–44And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
• Acts 18:12–16And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
• Acts 9:29–30And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
• Ps 37:32–33The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
• Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
• 2 Cor 4:8–10We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
• Rom 15:16That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 14:5–6And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
• Acts 21:28–36Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
• Acts 14:19–20And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
• Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
• 2 Cor 11:23–26Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

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