Acts 11:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

They held

Leviticus 10:19

Joshua 22:30

And glorified

Hath

Granted

General references

Luke 2:20

Galatians 1:24

Bible References

They held

But Aaron replied to Moses, “See, today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the Lord’s sight?”

When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him, heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.

And glorified

When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, explaining in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they created great joy among all the brothers.

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.

Then all your people will be righteous;
they will possess the land forever;
they are the branch I planted,
the work of My hands,
so that I may be glorified.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,
and splendid clothes instead of despair.
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify Him.

We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at

the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.

And they glorified God because of me.

Hath

The apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had welcomed God’s message also.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

I have made you
a light for the Gentiles
to bring salvation
to the ends

of the earth.”

After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

“Then He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Or is God for Jews only? Is He not also for Gentiles? Yes, for Gentiles too,

What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness—namely the righteousness that comes from faith.

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.

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.

for you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands.

This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:

Granted

Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

God exalted this man to His right hand as ruler and Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you to them

I have heard Ephraim moaning,
“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined
like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and I will return,
for you, Lord, are my God.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

“Then I will pour out a spirit

of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at Me whom they pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for Him as one weeps for a firstborn.

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.

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.

For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.

instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.

Don’t be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.

General references

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard, just as they had been told.

And they glorified God because of me.