Acts 22:21

Literal Standard Version

and He said to me, Go, because I will send you to far-off nations."

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

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

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.' "

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

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.'"

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!'"

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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."'

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.'"

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.'"

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

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

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.'"

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.'"

Contextual Overview

³"I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been taught according to the exactness of a law of the fathers, being zealous of God, as all you are today. ⁴And this Way I persecuted to death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women, ⁵as also the chief priest testifies to me, and all the eldership; from whom also having received letters to the brothers, to Damascus, I was going on, to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished, ⁶and it came to pass, in my going on and coming near to Damascus, about noon, suddenly out of Heaven there shone a great light around me; ⁷I also fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? ⁸And I answered, Who are You, Lord? And He said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom you persecute— ⁹and they who are with me saw the light, and became afraid, and they did not hear the voice of Him who is speaking to me— ¹⁰and I said, What will I do, Lord? And the LORD said to me, Having risen, go on to Damascus, and there it will be told you concerning all things that have been appointed for you to do. ¹¹And when I did not see from the glory of that light, being led by the hand by those who are with me, I came to Damascus, ¹²and a certain one, Ananias, a pious man according to the Law, being testified to by all the Jews dwelling [there],

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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 comes to pass after these things that God has tried Abraham and says to him, "Abraham"; and he says, "Here I [am]."

Genesis 22:12
and He says, "Do not put forth your hand to the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that you are fearing God, and have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me."

Genesis 24:10
And the servant takes ten camels of the camels of his lord and goes, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he rises, and goes to Aram-Naharaim, to the city of Nahor;

Numbers 23:7
And he takes up his allegory and says: "Balak king of Moab leads me from Aram; From mountains of the east. Come—curse Jacob for me, || And come—be indignant [with] Israel.

Job 1:1
There has been a man in the land of Uz—his name Job—and that man has been perfect and upright—both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

Job 32:2
and the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite burns, of the family of Ram; his anger has burned against Job, because of his justifying himself more 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.