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Andκαὶhe saidεἶπενtoπρόςme,με‘Go,ΠορεύουforὅτιIἐγὼwill sendἐξαποστελῶyouσεfar awayμακρὰνtoεἰςthe nations.’”ἔθνη
Acts 22:21
Study it in the app“And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the nations.’””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 22:21, word by word
- he saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- ‘GoΠορεύουPoreuou
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “Poreuou” appears- will sendἐξαποστελῶexapostelō
send out
To dispatch someone to another place with a task to carry out.
Where else “exapostelō” appears- far awayμακρὰνmakran
far
Situated a long way off.
Where else “makran” appears- the nations.’ἔθνηethnē
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnē” appears
The context
20And when the blood of Stephen, your witness, was being shed, I also was standing by and approving and guarding the garments of those who were killing him.’
21 · This verse (above)
22And they were listening to him up to this word, and they raised their voices, saying, “Take such a man away from the earth, for it was not fitting for him to live.”
To study Acts 22 in a group
1. What it says
Paul tells his story to the crowd: what was he like before, what happened on the road, and what did Ananias say? (vv. 3-16)
2. What it means
Why does Paul begin by saying that he too persecuted the disciples and was zealous for God? (vv. 3-5)
3. How I live it
Telling your own story simply can draw others near. What part of your life could you share with someone without pressuring them?