TSK · Acts 26:17

The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.

Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you,” says the LORD.

But the Lord said to him,“Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.

Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”

When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul,“Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?”

“Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle– I am telling the truth; I am not lying– and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.