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In Acts 26, Paul’s calling echoes the opening of Jeremiah, where the prophet is assured of protection when sent to the nations. Acts places Paul’s mission in continuity with the Hebrew Bible, presenting his role within established prophetic patterns.
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LXX Jeremiah 1:8
Septuagint
6 And I said, “Lord who is master, look, I do not know what to say, because I am a youth.” 7 And the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ for you will go to anyone to whom I send you, and you will speak anything I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of their face, for I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord. 9 And the Lord stretched out his hand toward me and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, “Look, I have placed my words into your mouth. 10 Look, I have appointed you today to nations and kingdoms, in order to root out and cast down and utterly destroy and build up and plant.”
Acts 26:17
New Testament
15 So I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. 16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you. 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ 19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
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Notes and References
"... In his speech before King Herod Agrippa II, Paul narrates, for the third time in Acts, the story of his call or conversion (26:12-18). When dealing with this account, modern critical commentators typically concern themselves with its relationship to the other two reports of the apostle's vision (Acts 9:1-9, 22:6-11), with the Greek proverb that lies behind 'It hurts for you to kick against the goads' (26:15) and with questions about the historicity of attendant events (e.g., How could Luke have known what Festus and Agrippa said to each other in private?). Exegetes also, if only in passing, often call attention to several reminiscences of the LXX. Acts 26:16 agrees exactly with Ezekiel 2:1. Acts 26:18 echoes Isaiah 42:7 and 16. And Acts 26:17 alludes to Jeremiah 1:8 and 19 ..."
Allison, Dale C.
Acts 9:1–9, 22:6–11, 26:12–18: Paul and Ezekiel
(pp. 807-26) Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 135, No. 4, 2016
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