Acts 13:46

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Summary

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Waxed

It was

Seeing

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Acts 18:6

Acts 28:28

Isaiah 55:5

General references

Luke 14:24

Bible References

Waxed

Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.

And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.

It was

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.

But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.

You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.

For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:

Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

Seeing

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

And the Lord said to Moses, I have been watching this people, and I see that they are a stiff-necked people.

They have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,

And now, says the Lord, who made me his servant when I was still in my mother's body, so that I might make Jacob come back to him, and so that Israel might come together to him: and I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord, and my God became my strength.

And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.

For this reason I say to you, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.

And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.

He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry.

So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.

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And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.

See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory.

General references

But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.

And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.

But a great number who are first will be last: and those who are last will be first.

For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.

For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.