Acts 14:27

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Summary

And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

And had

1 Corinthians 14:23

They rehearsed

1 Corinthians 15:10

Opened

General references

Acts 11:4

Bible References

And had

When they reached Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported how God had worked with them.

They praised God when they heard it, and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousand believers there are among the Jews, all of them zealous upholders of the Law.

and meeting with you, in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, by the authority of our Lord Jesus

For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that you divide into sets, and in a measure I believe it.

Hence, if the whole church assembles and they all speak ecstatically, and ordinary people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are crazy?

They rehearsed

When they reached Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported how God had worked with them.

Paul greeted them warmly and gave a detailed account of what God had done among the heathen through his efforts.

For I will venture to speak only of what Christ has accomplished through me in winning the heathen to obedience, by word and action,

What is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Just servants through whom you came to have faith, as the Lord gave each of us opportunity.

But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.

Opened

When they heard this, they made no further objection, but they gave honor to God, and said, "Then God has given even the heathen repentance and the hope of life!"

So they said to him, "Then how does it happen that you can see?"

for I have a great and promising opportunity here, as well as many opponents.

When I went to Troas to preach the good news of the Christ there, I found a good opening for the Lord's work,

Pray for me too, that God may give me an opening for the message, and let me tell the secret of Christ on account of which I am kept in prison

"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: " 'He who is holy and true, who carries the key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open, speaks thus:

General references

Then Peter explained the matter to them from beginning to end. He said,