John 1:11

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Summary

John 1:11

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

Came

And

Acts 7:51

General references

Luke 19:14

John 7:5

John 12:37

Bible References

Came

So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.'

Brothers, descendants of Abraham's family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit --

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

And

He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.'

"You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

General references

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,