Acts 22:21

21 And he said unto me, Depart, for I will send thee far from here unto the Gentiles.

Acts 22:21 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 22:21

And he said unto me, depart
At once from Jerusalem, and out of the land of Judea:

for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles;
to the nations afar off, even as far as Illyricum, Pannonia, or Hungary, where the apostle went and preached, ( Romans 15:19 ) and so by a divine mission and commission he became the apostle of the Gentiles, and preached the Gospel among them with great success, to the conversion of many thousands of them, and to the planting of many churches in the midst of them.

Acts 22:21 In-Context

19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and in every synagogue beat those that believed on thee;

20 and when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by and consenting unto his death and kept the raiment of those that slew him.

21 And he said unto me, Depart, for I will send thee far from here unto the Gentiles.

22 And they gave him audience unto this word and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth, for it is not fit that he should live.

23 And as they cried out and cast off their clothes and threw dust into the air,