Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Ver. 17. Delivering thee from] For though thou art sent to them for their greatest good, viz. "To open their eyes," &c.,Acts 26:18, yet they shall fly at thine eyes, as frantic people fly in the faces of their physicians; they shall fly against the light that thou shalt set up among them, as bats do, because their works are evil; they shall kick and wince, as horse and mule at those that come to cure them, Psalms 32:9. But I will deliver thee, fear not.