Luke 24:47

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Summary

Luke 24:47

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Among

Beginning

Ephesians 1:6

General references

Ephesians 4:20

Bible References

Among

As Jesus listened to this reply he was astonished, and said to those who followed him. "In solemn truth I tell you that I have found faith like this in any Israelite.

For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.

And when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was engrossed in his message, earnestly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

"Be fully assured, therefore, that this salvation of God is now sent unto the Gentiles. They will listen to it."

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, because the same Lord Jesus is all over, and is rich unto all who call upon Him;

For I say that Christ has been made a minister of the Circumcision the people of Israel, in vindication of God's truth, so that he may confirm the promises given to our forefathers;

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, that I should proclaim among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

To them God willed to make known among the Gentiles how glorious are the riches of that secret truth, which is "Christ in you, the hope of glory."

Beginning

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

These men, the Twelve, Jesus sent forth, after giving them the following instructions. "Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any Samaritan town,

"You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. "It was necessary," they said, "first to proclaim the word of God to you. But since you push it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Now law was brought in so that transgression might abound; but where sin abounded, grace super-abounded;

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written. The deliver will come from Zion, He will banish all ungodliness from Jacob;

and to the praise of his glorious grace which he graciously bestowed upon us in the Beloved.

General references

"'So go out into the partings of the highways, and summon everybody you find there to the wedding-feast.'

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

"for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.

Is God then the God of the Jews alone, and not of the Gentiles also? He is God of the Gentiles also,

But you have not so learned Christ,