Acts 22:21

King James Version

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
"But Jesus said, 'Saddle up and go. Your job isn't to ride pens at the headquarters. You're headed out to gather mavericks in the rough country.'"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

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

Bible in Basic English
And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

Darby Translation
And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off.

New King James Version
Then He said to me, "Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles."'

Christian Standard Bible®
"Then He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' "

World English Bible
He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you forth far from here to the Gentiles.'"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far off to the Gentiles.

Weymouth's New Testament
"`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"

King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence, vnto the Gentiles.

Literal Translation
And He said to me, Go, for I will send you to the nations afar off.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto me: Go thy waye, for I wil sende the farre amonge the Hey then.

Mace New Testament (1729)
but the Lord said to me, "be gone, for I will send you far hence, even to the Gentiles."

THE MESSAGE
"But he said, ‘Don't argue. Go. I'm sending you on a long journey to outsider non-Jews.'"

Amplified Bible
"And the Lord said to me, 'Go, I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

American Standard Version
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.

Revised Standard Version
And he said to me, 'Depart; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto me: departe for I will sende the a farre hence vnto the Gentyls.

Update Bible Version
And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you forth far from here to the Gentiles.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.

Young's Literal Translation
and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

New Century Version
But the Lord said to me, ‘Leave now. I will send you far away to the other nations.' "

New English Translation
Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

Berean Standard Bible
Then He said to me, 'Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

Contemporary English Version
But the Lord told me to go, and he promised to send me far away to the Gentiles.

Complete Jewish Bible
But he said, ‘Get going! For I am going to send you far away — to the Goyim!'"

English Standard Version
And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.' "

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he sayd vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles.

George Lamsa Translation
Then he said to me, Depart: for I will send you afar to preach to the Gentiles.

Hebrew Names Version
"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Goyim.'"

International Standard Version
Then he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"Acts 9:15; 18:6; 26:17; Romans 1:5; 11:13; 15:16; Galatians 1:15-16; 2:7-8; Ephesians 3:7-8; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And he said to me, Go: for I send thee far away to preach to the Gentiles.

Murdock Translation
But he said to me: Depart; for I send thee afar, to preach to the Gentiles.

New Living Translation
"But the Lord said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles!' "

New Life Bible
The Lord said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the people who are not Jews.' "

English Revised Version
And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.

New Revised Standard
Then he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said unto me - -Be taking thy journey; because, I, unto nations afar off, will send thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off will I send thee.

Lexham English Bible
And he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto me: depart, for I wyll sende thee farre hence vnto the gentiles.

Easy-to-Read Version
"But Jesus said to me, ‘Leave now. I will send you far away to the non-Jewish people.'"

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

Good News Translation
‘Go,' the Lord said to me, ‘for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to me, Go thou, for Y schal sende thee fer to naciouns.

Contextual Overview

³ I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. ⁴ And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. ⁵ As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. ⁶ And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. ⁷ And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁸ And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. ⁹ And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. ¹⁰ And I said, What shall I do, Lord ? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. ¹¹ And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. ¹² And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

Bible Verse Review
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Depart: Acts 9:15

for: Acts 9:15, Acts 13:2, Acts 13:46, Acts 13:47, Acts 18:6, Acts 26:17, Acts 26:18, Romans 1:5, Romans 11:13, Romans 15:16, Romans 16:26, Galatians 1:15, Galatians 1:16, Galatians 2:7, Galatians 2:8, Ephesians 3:6-8, 1 Timothy 2:7, 2 Timothy 1:11

Reciprocal: Judges 6:39 - dry Proverbs 8:1 - General Song of Solomon 8:8 - what Isaiah 6:8 - Whom Isaiah 65:5 - Stand Zechariah 11:3 - for their Matthew 10:5 - Go Matthew 15:26 - It is not Matthew 20:11 - they murmured Mark 7:27 - Let Luke 4:28 - were Luke 10:2 - the Lord Luke 14:23 - Go Luke 15:28 - he Luke 18:9 - and despised John 7:35 - teach Acts 9:23 - the Jews Acts 10:28 - that it Acts 11:18 - hath Acts 13:41 - for Acts 20:24 - and the Acts 26:20 - and then Acts 28:28 - sent Romans 1:1 - called Romans 1:14 - debtor Romans 3:29 - General Romans 10:15 - And how 1 Corinthians 1:1 - an Galatians 2:15 - sinners Galatians 5:11 - why Ephesians 2:13 - were Ephesians 3:2 - the dispensation Ephesians 3:3 - by 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - Forbidding 2 Timothy 1:12 - the which

Cross-References

Genesis 22:1
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

Genesis 22:12
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 32:2
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he said unto me, Depart - Because the Christians at Jerusalem would not receive him.

Far hence - Paul traveled far in the pagan nations. A large part of his ministry was spent in remote countries, and in the most distant regions then known. See Romans 15:19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 22:21. I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. — This was the particular appointment of St. Paul: he was the apostle of the Gentiles; for, though he preached frequently to the Jews, yet to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles, and to write for the conversion and establishment of the Gentile world, were his peculiar destination. Hence we find him and his companions travelling every where; through Judea, Phoenicia, Arabia, Syria, Cilicia, Pisidia, Lycaonia, Pamphylia, Galatia, Phrygia, Macedonia, Greece, Asia, the Isles of the Mediterranean Sea, the Isles of the AEgean Sea, Italy, and some add Spain and even Britain. This was the diocess of this primitive bishop: none of the apostles travelled, none preached, none laboured as this man; and, we may add, none was so greatly owned of God. The epistles of Peter, John, James, and Jude, are great and excellent; but, when compared with those of Paul, however glorious they may be, they have no glory comparatively, by reason of that glory which excelleth. Next to Jesus Christ, St. Paul is the glory of the Christian Church. Jesus is the foundation; Paul, the master-builder.