Acts 13:47

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Acts 13:47

For so the Lord has commanded us,
‘I have placed You as a light for the Gentiles,
That You may bring salvation to the end of the earth.’”

Isaiah 49:6

He says, “It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also make You a light of the nations
So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 42:6

“I am the Lord, I have called You in righteousness,
I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You,
And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the nations,

Luke 2:32

A Light of revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”

Isaiah 45:22

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.

Acts 1:8

but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

Psalm 22:27-29

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

Psalm 67:2-7

That Your way may be known on the earth,
Your salvation among all nations.

Psalm 72:7-8

In his days may the righteous flourish,
And abundance of peace till the moon is no more.

Psalm 96:1-2

Sing to the Lord a new song;
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Psalm 98:2-3

The Lord has made known His salvation;
He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.

Psalm 117:1-2

Praise the Lord, all nations;
Laud Him, all peoples!

Isaiah 2:1-3

The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 24:13-16

For thus it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.

Isaiah 42:1

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:9-12

“Behold, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord has bared His holy arm
In the sight of all the nations,
That all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

Isaiah 59:19-20

So they will fear the name of the Lord from the west
And His glory from the rising of the sun,
For He will come like a rushing stream
Which the wind of the Lord drives.

Isaiah 60:3

“Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
And my refuge in the day of distress,
To You the nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood,
Futility and things of no profit.”

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the sons of the living God.”

Amos 9:12

That they may possess the remnant of Edom
And all the nations who are called by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.

Micah 4:2-3

Many nations will come and say,
“Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For from Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob
Will be among many peoples
Like dew from the Lord,
Like showers on vegetation
Which do not wait for man
Or delay for the sons of men.

Zephaniah 3:9-10

“For then I will give to the peoples purified lips,
That all of them may call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Zechariah 2:11

“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

Zechariah 8:20-23

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Luke 24:47

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

Acts 15:14-16

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

Acts 22:21

And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Acts 26:17-18

rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

Acts 26:23

that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

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Acts 13:47

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

So

Luke 24:47

I have

Luke 2:32

That thou

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Bible References

So

but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

And He said to me, ‘Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

I have

that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the nations.

“Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

A Light

of revelation to the Gentiles,

And the glory of Your people Israel.”

That thou

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations will worship before You.

That Your way may be known on the earth,

Your salvation among all nations.

In his days may the righteous flourish,
And abundance of peace till the moon is no more.

Sing to the Lord a new song;

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

The Lord has made known His salvation;

He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.

The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

For thus it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.

“Behold, the former things have come to pass,
Now I declare new things;
Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
For I am God, and there is no other.

The Lord has bared His holy arm
In the sight of all the nations,

That all the ends of the earth may see

The salvation of our God.

So they will fear the name of the Lord from the west
And His glory from the rising of the sun,
For He will come like a rushing stream
Which the wind of the Lord drives.

things of no profit.”

Yet the number of the sons of Israel

Will be like the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the sons of the living God.”

That they may possess the remnant of Edom

And all the nations who are called by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.

Many nations will come and say,

“Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For from Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Then the remnant of Jacob
Will be among many peoples
Like dew from the Lord,
Like showers on vegetation
Which do not wait for man
Or delay for the sons of men.

“For then I will give to the peoples purified lips,
That all of them may call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.

General references

God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,

Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’

But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.”

With this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written,