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Acts 22:21 KJV
Acts · chapter 22 · verse 21
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.Acts 22:21 · King James Version
Acts 22:21 in context
19And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
20And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
22And 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.
23And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
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Key words (Strong's)
- Departporeuōto lead over, carry over, transfer, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to…G4198 →
- hencemakranfar, a great way, far henceG3112 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- sendexapostellōto send forth, to send awayG1821 →
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Paul here gives such an account of himself as might serve not only to satisfy the chief captain that he was not that Egyptian he took him to be, but the Jews also that he was not that enemy to their church and nation, to their law and temple, they took him to be, and that what he did in preaching Christ, and…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-21