Acts 13:47

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Summary

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. You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the sons of Israel.

"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"

delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,

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

He said to them, "Go into all the world, and proclaim the Good News to the whole creation.

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

I have

how the Messiah must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."

"Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

yes, he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth."

Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel."

That thou

Simeon has reported how God first visited the nations, to take out of them a people for his name.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations,

In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until 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 openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up."

Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

The LORD has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of the LORD drives.

"LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, 'Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'

that the rest of mankind, and all the nations upon whom my name is called, may earnestly seek me," says the LORD who does this.

Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion will go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem;

The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, that do not wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of the LORD, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.

Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says the LORD of hosts.

General references

God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'

But many who are first will be last; and the last first."

This agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,