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 do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation."

Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

To the jews

And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

General references

"These you may eat, of all that are in the waters. Everything in the waters that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.

A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.

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