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 consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.

With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation!"

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about 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 addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them.

This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.

I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom,

General references

"'These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat.

A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception.

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