Acts 22:21

21 and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

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 -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee;

20 and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;

21 and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

22 And they were hearing him unto this word, and they lifted up their voice, saying, `Away from the earth with such an one; for it is not fit for him to live.'

23 And they crying out and casting up their garments, and throwing dust into the air,