Acts 9:15

15. A chosen vessel Literally, a vessel of choice. Not merely, however, a choice vessel, but one whom, in view of his fitness as a man, Jesus hath chosen for a great mission. This, however, implies neither any impossibility that he would disobey his call, nor any eternal predestination to salvation.

The word here rendered vessel often signifies instrument or organ; an instrument for carrying something.

Kings See Acts 25:23; Acts 26:1-32; Acts 27:24.