Acts 28:28

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Summary

Acts 28:28

Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

It known

The salvation

Sent

General references

Luke 13:29

John 4:30

Bible References

It known

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke forth to them, Men of Judaea, and all ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give heed to my words:

be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom ye have crucified, whom God has raised from among the dead, by him this man stands here before you sound in body.

Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,

Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

The salvation

Jehovah hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations.

and he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I have even given thee for a light of the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.

for mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

Sent

And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.

And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

And having arrived, and having brought together the assembly, they related to them all that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

Simon has related how God first visited to take out of the nations a people for his name.

But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: I am pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.

And he said to me, Go, for I will send thee to the nations afar off.

taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,

They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil men, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Is God the God of Jews only? is he not of the nations also? Yea, of nations also:

And he received the sign of circumcision as seal of the righteousness of faith which he had being in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all them that believe being in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also;

I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall there is salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.

For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;

General references

And they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall lie down at table in the kingdom of God.

They went out of the city and came to him.