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Acts 9:15

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But the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.

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Verse 15. A vessel of election. A chosen elect vessel, and minister of the gospel. Witham.—Σκεους εκλογης, an organ, or instrument. Thus Polybius uses the word, speaking of Damocles, οδε ην υπηρετικον σκευος, he was an excellent and choice character.

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