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rescuingἐξαιρούμενόςyouσεfromἐκthe peopleτοῦ λαοῦandκαὶfromἐκthe nations,τῶν ἐθνῶνtoεἰςwhomοὓςIἐγὼam sendingἀποστέλλωyou,σε
Acts 26:17
Study it in the app“rescuing you from the people and from the nations, to whom I am sending you,”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 26:17, word by word
- rescuingἐξαιρούμενόςexairoumenos
rescue
To snatch someone out of the hands of whoever oppresses or threatens them.
Where else “exairoumenos” appears- the peopleλαοῦlaou
people
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laou” appears- the nationsἐθνῶνethnōn
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnōn” appears- am sendingἀποστέλλωapostellō
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apostellō” appears
The context
16But get up and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness both of the things in which you have seen me and of those in which I will appear to you,
17 · This verse (above)
18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.’
To study Acts 26 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul tell King Agrippa about his earlier life and what Jesus said to him? (vv. 4-18)
2. What it means
Paul says he only repeats what the prophets and Moses said would happen (vv. 22-23). How does he connect his story with Israel's hope?
3. How I live it
Paul wishes the best for those who judge him (v. 29). How can you treat kindly someone who does not think as you do?