Acts 11:18

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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

And Aaron speaketh unto Moses, 'Lo, to-day they have brought near their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Jehovah; and things like these meet me, yet I have eaten a sin-offering to-day; is it good in the eyes of Jehovah?'

And Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the company, and the heads of the thousands of Israel, who are with him, hear the words which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh have spoken, and it is good in their eyes.

And glorified

they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.

and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, 'Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law,

And thy people are all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified.

To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, 'Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah -- to be beautified.'

and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

and they were glorifying God in me.

Hath

And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'

and having come and gathered together the assembly, they declared as many things as God did with them, and that He did open to the nations a door of faith;

and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

The God of Jews only is He, and not also of nations?

What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that is of faith,

for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all is rich to all those calling upon Him,

and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, 'Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,

Wherefore, remember, that ye were once the nations in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that called Circumcision in the flesh made by hands,

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --

Granted

reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;

testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

delivering thee from the people, and the nations, to whom now I send thee,

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou art Jehovah my God.

And I have given to you a new heart, And a new spirit I give in your midst, And I have turned aside the heart of stone out of your flesh, And I have given to you a heart of flesh.

And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.

for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all is rich to all those calling upon Him,

and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, 'Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

Be not led astray, my brethren beloved;

General references

and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

and they were glorifying God in me.