Acts 22:21

21 "And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away ¹to 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 themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You.

20 'And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and watching out for the coats of those who were slaying him.'

21 "And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

22 They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!"

23 And as they were crying out and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

Cross References

• 1. Acts 9:15