Acts 20:21

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Summary

Acts 20:21

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Testifying

To the jews

General references

Leviticus 11:9

Proverbs 14:25

Luke 5:32

Bible References

Testifying

But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.

And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!”

Then, after they had testified and spoken the message of the Lord, they traveled back to Jerusalem, evangelizing many villages of the Samaritans.

When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with preaching the message and solemnly testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

After arranging a day with him, many came to him at his lodging. From dawn to dusk he expounded and witnessed about the kingdom of God. He tried to persuade them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

To the jews

He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

This became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. Then fear fell on all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians,

both to the wise and the foolish.

For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom,

General references

“This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams.

A truthful witness rescues lives,
but one who utters lies is deceitful.

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”