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Acts 26:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I will keep you safe from your own people and from the non-Jewish people, the ones I am sending you to.

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But the Lord Jesus said to Ananias, “Go! I have chosen Saul for an important work. I want him to tell other nations, their rulers, and the people of Israel about me.

And I was chosen as an apostle to tell people that message. (I am telling the truth. I am not lying.) I was chosen to teach those who are not Jews to believe and understand the truth.

Now I am speaking to you people who are not Jews. I am an apostle to the non-Jewish people. So while I have that work, I will do the best I can.

All those people will fight against you, but they will not defeat you, because I am with you, and I will save you.” This message is from the Lord.

You know about my persecutions and my sufferings. You know all the things that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—the persecution I suffered in those places. But the Lord saved me from all of it.

I was chosen to tell people that message as an apostle and teacher.

James, Peter, and John seemed to be the leaders. And they saw that God had given me this special gift of ministry, so they accepted Barnabas and me. They said to us, “We agree that you should go to those who are not Jews, and we will go to the Jews.”

“I want you Jews to know that God has sent his salvation to the non-Jewish people. They will listen!”

Don’t be afraid of anyone. I am with you, and I will protect you.” This message is from the Lord.

to be a servant of Christ Jesus for those who are not Jews. I serve like a priest whose duty it is to tell God’s Good News. He gave me this work so that you non-Jewish people could be an offering that he will accept—an offering made holy by the Holy Spirit.

They asked Festus to do them a favor. They wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem because they had a plan to kill Paul on the way.

I am with you, and no one will be able to hurt you. Many of my people are in this city.”

So the believers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.

That same night the believers sent Paul and Silas to another city named Berea. When they arrived there, they went to the Jewish synagogue.

So they came and told them they were sorry. They led them out of the jail and asked them to leave the city.

But the Jews there caused some of the important religious women and the leaders of the city to be angry and turn against Paul and Barnabas and throw them out of town.

Good people might have many problems, but the Lord will take them all away.

Say to him, “Save us, God our Savior. Bring us back together, and save us from the other nations. Then we will give thanks to your holy name and joyfully praise you.”

I am not sending you to some foreigners you cannot understand. You don’t have to learn another language. I am sending you to the family of Israel.




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