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 arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported what God had done through them as instruments.

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

for when you met I too met with you in spirit by the power of our Lord Jesus --

For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that there are cliques among you, and I partly believe it.

Hence, if the whole church has met and everybody speaks in ecstasy, and illiterate people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are crazy?

They rehearsed

When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, the apostles, and the elders, and they reported what God had done through them as instruments.

Paul first greeted them and then gave them a detailed account of what God had done among the heathen through his service.

For I would venture to mention only what Christ has accomplished through me in bringing the heathen peoples to obedience, by word and by work,

Then what is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Mere servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave each of us his task.

But by God's unmerited favor I have become what I am, and His unmerited favor shown to me was not bestowed for nothing, for I have toiled more extensively than any of them, and yet it was not I but God's unmerited favor working with me.

Opened

When they heard this, they had no answer to make, but gave God the glory, saying, "So God has given even the heathen the repentance that leads to life."

So they kept on asking him, "How in the world did you come to see?"

For I have an opportunity here that is great and calls for work, and it has many opponents.

When I went to Troas to preach the good news of Christ, although I had an opportunity in the service of the Lord,

At the same time keep on praying for me too, that God may open the door of opportunity for the message, so that I may tell the open secret about Christ, for the sake of which I am held a prisoner,

"To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The Holy and True One, who carries the keys of David, who opens and no one can shut, who shuts and no one can open, speaks as follows:

General references

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