Acts 21:20

Conflict Over The Gentile Mission

¹⁹ After greeting them, he related in detail what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry. ²⁰ When they heard it, they glorified God and said, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law. ²¹ But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, by telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk in our customs.

Glorified God

Glorify God

Glorifying God

Glory to God

In Christ

Law of Moses

Zealous for the Law

Praised God

Praising God

O God

Christ

Moses

Paul

Acts 22:3

He continued, “I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and educated according to the strict view of our patriarchal law. Being zealous for God, just as all of you are today,

Romans 10:2

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Galatians 1:14

I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

Acts 15:1

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved!”

Acts 11:18

When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, “So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!”

Acts 15:5

But some of the believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses!”

Psalm 22:23

You who fear Yahweh, praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, honor Him!
All you descendants of Israel, revere Him!

Psalm 22:27

All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to the Lord.
All the families of the nations
will bow down before You,

Psalm 72:17-19

May his name endure forever;
as long as the sun shines,
may his fame increase.
May all nations be blessed by him
and call him blessed.

Psalm 98:1-3

A psalm.Sing a new song to the Lord,
for He has performed wonders;
His right hand and holy arm
have won Him victory.

Isaiah 55:10-13

For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,

Isaiah 66:9-14

“Will I bring a baby to the point of birth
and not deliver it?”
says the Lord;
“or will I who deliver, close the womb?”
says your God.

Matthew 13:31-33

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

Luke 12:1

In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 15:3-10

So He told them this parable:

Luke 15:32

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

John 12:24

“I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop.

Acts 2:41

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them.

Acts 4:4

But many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about 5,000.

Acts 4:21

After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them, because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done;

Acts 6:7

So the preaching about God flourished, the number of the disciples in Jerusalem multiplied greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

Acts 15:24

Because we have heard that some without our authorization went out from us and troubled you with their words and unsettled your hearts,

Romans 15:6-7

so that you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with a united mind and voice.

Romans 15:9-13

and so that Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written:

Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles,
and I will sing psalms to Your name.

Galatians 1:24

And they glorified God because of me.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

in that day when He comes to be glorified by His saints and to be admired by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.

Revelation 19:6-7

Then I heard something like the voice of a vast multitude, like the sound of cascading waters, and like the rumbling of loud thunder, saying:

Hallelujah, because our Lord God, the Almighty,
has begun to reign!