Acts 22:21

Myles Coverdale Bible

And he sayde vnto me: Go thy waye, for I wil sende the farre amonge the Hey then.

Parallel Translations

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

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

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]

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

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

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.

English Standard Version
And he said to me, ‘Go, for 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.'"

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

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

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.

Bible in Basic English
And he said to me, Go, for I will send you 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!'"

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

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.

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

New Revised Standard
Then 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.

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.

Revised Standard Version
And he said to me, 'Depart; for 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.'"

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

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

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.'"

Contextual Overview

³ I am a man which am a Iewe, borne at Tharsis in Celicia, and broughte vp in this cite at the fete off Gamaliel, enfourmed diligently in the lawe of the fathers, and was feruent mynded to God warde, as ye all are also this daye, ⁴ and I persecuted this waye vnto the death. I bounde them and delyuered them vnto preson, both men and wemen, ⁵ as ye hye prest also doth beare me wytnesse, and all ye Elders: of whom I receaued letters vnto the brethren, and wente towarde Damascon, that I mighte brynge them which were there, bounde to Ierusalem, to be punyshed. ⁶ But it fortuned as I made my iourney, and came nye vnto Damascon, aboute noone, sodenly there shone a greate lighte aboute me from heauen, ⁷ and I fell to the earth, and herde a voyce which sayde vnto me: Saull Saull, why persecutest thou me? ⁸ I answered: Who art thou LORDE? And he sayde vnto me: I am Iesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest. ⁹ As for them that were with me, they sawe ye lighte and were afrayed, but they herde not the voyce of him that spake with me. ¹⁰ I sayde: LORDE, what shal I do? The LORDE sayde vnto me: Aryse, and go in to Damascon, there shal it be tolde ye of all that is appoynted the to do. ¹¹ But whan I sawe nothinge for the bryghtnesse of the lighte, I was led by the hande of them that were with me, and came to Damascon. ¹² There was one Ananias, a deuoute man after the lawe, which had a good reporte of all the Iewes that 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
After these actes God tempted Abraham, and sayde vnto him: Abraham. And he answered: I am here.

Genesis 22:12
He sayde: Laye not thy handes vpon the childe, & do nothinge vnto him: for now I knowe that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thine onely sonne for my sake.

Genesis 24:10
So the seruaunt toke ten Camels of the Camels of his master and departed, and had wt him of all maner of goodes of his master, and gat him vp, and departed vnto Mesopotamia, to the cite of Nahor.

Numbers 23:7
Then toke he vp his parable, & sayde: Balac the kynge of the Moabites hath caused to fet me out of Syria from the moutaynes towarde the East, (& sayde:) Come, curse me Iacob: come, defye me Israel.

Job 1:1
In the lode of Hus there was a man called Iob: an innocent and vertuous man, soch one as feared God, and eschued euell.

Job 32:2
But Eliu the sonne of Barachel the Bussite of the kynred of Ram, was very sore displeased at Iob, that he called himself iust before 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.