Acts 26:17

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Acts 26:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.

16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

18 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 forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

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Acts 9:23

After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

Acts 9:24

but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

Acts 9:25

One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

Acts 9:29

He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.

Acts 9:30

When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Acts 13:50

The 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.

Acts 14:5

But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,

Acts 14:6

they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

Acts 14:19

Then 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 14:20

But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

Acts 16:39

They came to appease them and led them out, requesting that they leave the city.

Acts 17:10

As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

Acts 17:14

The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

Acts 18:10

For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”

Acts 18:12

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

Acts 18:13

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.

Acts 18:14

But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.

Acts 18:15

But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

Acts 18:16

And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

Acts 19:28

When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Acts 19:29

Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

Acts 19:30

Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.

Acts 19:31

Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.

Acts 19:32

Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

Acts 19:33

The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.

Acts 19:34

But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Acts 19:35

Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

Acts 19:36

Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.

Acts 19:37

For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.

Acts 19:38

So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

Acts 19:39

But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.

Acts 19:40

For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

Acts 19:41

After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

Acts 21:28

crying 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 21:29

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

Acts 21:30

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

Acts 21:31

While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

Acts 21:32

Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Acts 21:33

The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

Acts 21:34

Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.

Acts 21:35

When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

Acts 21:36

For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”

Acts 22:21

Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Acts 22:22

The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

Acts 23:10

The 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 23:11

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

Acts 23:12

When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:13

More than forty of them were involved in this plot.

Acts 23:14

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

Acts 23:15

Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

Acts 23:16

But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

Acts 23:17

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

Acts 23:18

So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

Acts 23:19

The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

Acts 23:20

He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.

Acts 23:21

Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

Acts 23:22

So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”

Acts 23:23

Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

Acts 23:24

Provide mounts for Paul to take him safely to Governor Felix.”

Acts 25:3

to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

Acts 25:9

But 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 25:10

Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

Acts 25:11

If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

Acts 27:42

The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

Acts 27:43

But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

Acts 27:44

The rest were to follow on planks and various parts of the ship. In this way everyone was brought safely to land.

Psalms 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

Psalms 37:32

Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

Psalms 37:33

the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.

2 Corinthians 1:8

We 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.

2 Corinthians 1:9

Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:10

He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

2 Corinthians 4:8

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

2 Corinthians 4:9

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

2 Corinthians 4:10

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are 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.

2 Corinthians 11:24

Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

2 Corinthians 11:25

Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

2 Corinthians 11:26

In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

2 Timothy 3:11

my 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.

2 Timothy 4:16

At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

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.

Acts 28:28

Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”

Romans 11:13

I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

Romans 15:16

to 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 2:9

And 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.

Ephesians 3:7

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

Ephesians 3:8

Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

1 Timothy 2:7

For 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.

2 Timothy 1:11

to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.