Acts 11:1

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Summary

Acts 11:1

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

The apostles

Acts 8:14

Galatians 1:17

The gentiles

Bible References

The apostles

And the apostles who were in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;

nor went I up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and again returned to Damascus.

The gentiles

And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

And having arrived, and having brought together the assembly, they related to them all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

They therefore, having been set on their way by the assembly, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of those of the nations. And they caused great joy to all the brethren.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:

Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: sing unto Jehovah, all the earth.

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory.

until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

The wilderness and the dry land shall be gladdened; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect in whom my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.

and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by the brightness of thy rising.

And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah will name.

Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of distress, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited falsehood and vanity; and in these things there is no profit.

And I will sow her unto me in the land; and I will have mercy upon Lo-ruhamah; and I will say to Lo-ammi, Thou art my people; and they shall say, My God.

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David which is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, neither waiteth for the sons of men.

Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place.

For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.

And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be unto me for a people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;

For from the rising of the sun even unto its setting my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure oblation: for my name shall be great among the nations, saith Jehovah of hosts.

But I say unto you, that many shall come from the rising and setting sun, and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;

And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed and alarmed;

a light for revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.

Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to the glory of God.