Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For so the Lord has commanded us,
‘
That You may
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
a light for the Gentiles
to bring salvation
to the ends
International Standard Version
For that is what the Lord ordered us to do: "I have made you a light to the gentiles to be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth.'"
A Conservative Version
For so the Lord has commanded us: I have placed thee for a light of Gentiles, for thee to be for salvation as far as the extremity of the earth.
American Standard Version
For so hath the Lord commanded us,'saying , I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Amplified
For that is what the Lord has commanded us, saying,
So that You may bring [the message of eternal] salvation to the end of the earth.’”
An Understandable Version
For the Lord commanded us to do this by saying, 'I have appointed you to be a light to the [unconverted] Gentiles, so that you should be [the occasion] for [bringing] salvation to the farthest corner of the earth.' "
Anderson New Testament
For thus has the Lord given us commandment: I have placed thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be for salvation to the most distant part of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
Common New Testament
For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
Daniel Mace New Testament
for thus has the Lord commanded us, "I have appointed you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the remotest parts of the earth."
Darby Translation
for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.
Godbey New Testament
For thus the Lord has commanded us, I have placed thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou shalt be for salvation unto the extremity of the earth.
Goodspeed New Testament
For these are the orders the Lord has given us: " 'I have made you a light for the heathen, To be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth!' "
John Wesley New Testament
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set Thee for a light of the Gentiles, that Thou mightest be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
For so has the Lord commanded us, I have set thee for a light of the nations, for thee to be for salvation even to the last of the earth.
King James 2000
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you {to be} a light for the Gentiles, {that you would bring} salvation to the end of the earth.'
Modern King James verseion
For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, "I have set You to be a light of the nations, for salvation to the end of the earth."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For so hath the Lord commanded us, 'I have made thee a light to the gentiles, that thou be salvation unto the end of the world.'"
Moffatt New Testament
For these are the Lord's orders to us: I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the end of the earth."
Montgomery New Testament
"For such is God's command to us, saying, "I have set thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth."
NET Bible
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
New Heart English Bible
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"
Noyes New Testament
For thus hath the Lord commanded us: "I have set thee to be a light of the gentiles, that thou mayst bring salvation even to the end of the earth."
Sawyer New Testament
For thus has the Lord commanded us; I have set you for a light of nations, that you should be a salvation even to the end of the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
For so hath the Lord commanded us - I have set thee for a light of nations, that thou mayest be for salvation unto the end of the earth.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For so hath the Lord enjoined us, "I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou mightest be for salvation unto the extremity of the earth."
Twentieth Century New Testament
For this is the Lord's command to us--'I have destined thee for a Light to the Gentiles, a means of Salvation to the ends of the earth'."
Webster
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldst be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
Weymouth New Testament
For such is the Lord's command to us. "'I have placed Thee,' He says of Christ, 'as a light to the Gentiles, in order that Thou mayest be a Saviour as far as the remotest parts of the earth.'"
Williams New Testament
For here are the orders that the Lord has given us: 'I have made you a light to the heathen, To be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth.'"
World English Bible
For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"
Worrell New Testament
for so hath the Lord commanded us, 'I have set Thee for a Light of the gentiles, that Thou mayest be for salvation to the uttermost part of the earth.'"
Worsley New Testament
for so the Lord hath commanded us, saying, "I have appointed thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the utmost part of the earth."
Youngs Literal Translation
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.'
Themes
Antioch » A city » A city of pisidia. Persecutes paul
Church » Light » Reflected from believers
Law » Expounded by » In synagogues
Topics
Interlinear
Entellomai
Tithemi
Soteria
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 13:47
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul Turns To The Gentiles
46
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
47 For so the Lord has commanded us,
‘
That You may
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 49:6
he says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, 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 take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,
Luke 2:32
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to 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 will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Psalm 22:27-29
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
Psalm 67:2-7
that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.
Psalm 72:7-8
In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!
Psalm 96:1-2
Oh sing to the LORDa 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! Extol him, all peoples!
Isaiah 2:1-3
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah 24:13-16
For thus it shall be in the midst of the earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is done.
Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, 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, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them."
Isaiah 52:10
The LORD has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Isaiah 59:19-20
So they shall 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
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Jeremiah 16:19
O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: "Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children 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
and many nations shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Micah 5:7
Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man.
Zephaniah 3:9-10
"For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.
Zechariah 2:11
And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
Zechariah 8:20-23
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities.
Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mark 16:15
And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Luke 24:47
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
Acts 15:14-16
Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them 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
delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles--to whom I am sending you
Acts 26:23
that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."