he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Acts 28:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “Let it be known to you, then, that this salvation of God has been sent to the gentiles; they will listen.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So let it be understood by you then that [this message of] the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen [to it]! [Ps. 67:2.] American Standard Version (1901) Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear. Common English Bible “Therefore, be certain of this: God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen!” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, let it be known to you, that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they shall listen to it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be it known therefore to you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it. |
he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors of Israel; I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
It is not for your sake that I will act, says the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and dismayed for your ways, O house of Israel.
When they heard this, they were silenced. And they praised God, saying, “Then God has given even to the gentiles the repentance that leads to life.”
“Brothers and sisters, you descendants of Abraham’s family and others who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.
Let it be known to you therefore, brothers and sisters, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you;
When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them and how he had opened a door of faith for the gentiles.
Simeon has related how God first looked favorably on the gentiles, to take from among them a people for his name.
so that all other peoples may seek the Lord— even all the gentiles over whom my name has been called. Thus says the Lord, who has been making these things
When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles.”
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.
Then he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the gentiles.’ ”
let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead.
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel;
So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their stumbling salvation has come to the gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,