Acts 13:47

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For so the Lord hath commanded us: I have set thee to be the light of the Gentiles; that thou mayest be for salvation unto the utmost part of the earth.

Cross References

Isaiah 49:6

And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

Isaiah 42:6

I, the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:

Luke 2:32

A light to the revelation of the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Isaiah 45:22

Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

Hosea 1:10

And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.

Amos 9:12

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things.

Isaiah 60:3

And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.

Isaiah 42:1

BEHOLD my servant: I will uphold him. My elect: my soul delighteth in him. I have given my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Acts 26:23

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

Acts 22:21

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

Acts 9:15

And the Lord said to him: Go thy way; for this man is to me a vessel of election, to carry my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel.

Acts 1:8

But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.

Mark 16:15

And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Matthew 28:19

Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Zechariah 2:11

And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they shall be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me to thee.

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord hath prepared his holy arm in the sight of all the Gentiles: and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Luke 24:47

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

Malachi 1:11

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.

Micah 5:7

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as a dew from the Lord, and as drops upon the grass, which waiteth not for man, nor tarrieth for the children of men.

Jeremiah 16:19

O Lord, my might and my strength and my refuge in the day of tribulation: to thee the Gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth and shall say: Surely our fathers have possessed lies, a vanity which hath not profited them.