Acts 13:47

God's Word

The Lord gave us the following order: ‘I have made you a light for the nations so that you would save people all over the world.’ ”

Cross References

Isaiah 42:1

Here is my servant, whom I support. Here is my chosen one, with whom I am pleased. I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:6

I, the Lord, have called you to do what is right. I will take hold of your hand. I will protect you. I will appoint you as my promise  to the people, as my light to the nations.

Isaiah 45:22

Turn to me and be saved, all who live at the ends of the earth, because I am God, and there is no other.

Isaiah 49:6

Now, the Lord says, “You are not just my servant who restores the tribes of Jacob and brings back those in Israel whom I have preserved. I have also made you a light for the nations so that you would save people all over the world.”

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord will show his holy power to all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 60:3

Nations will come to your light, and kings will come to the brightness of your dawn.

Jeremiah 16:19

The Lord is my strength and my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. Nations come to you from the most distant parts of the world and say, “Our ancestors have inherited lies, worthless and unprofitable gods.”

Hosea 1:10

“Yet, the Israelites will become as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to measure them or count them. Wherever they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be told, ‘You are the children of the living God.’

Amos 9:12

They will capture the few survivors of Edom and all the other nations that were under my authority, declares the Lord, who will do these things.

Micah 5:7

Then the few people left from Jacob will be among many people like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass. They do not put their hope in humans or wait for mortals.

Zechariah 2:11

On that day many nations will join the Lord and become my people. I will live among you. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.

Malachi 1:11

“From the nations where the sun rises to the nations where the sun sets, my name will be great. Incense and pure offerings will be offered everywhere in my name, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of Armies.

Matthew 28:19

So wherever you go, make disciples of all nations: Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Mark 16:15

Then Jesus said to them, “So wherever you go in the world, tell everyone the Good News.

Luke 2:32

He is a light that will reveal ⌞salvation⌟ to the nations and bring glory to your people Israel.”

Luke 24:47

Scripture also says that by the authority of Jesus people would be told to turn to God and change the way they think and act so that their sins will be forgiven. This would be told to people from all nations, beginning in the city of Jerusalem.

Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes to you. Then you will be my witnesses to testify about me in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 22:21

“But the Lord told me, ‘Go! I’ll send you on a mission. You’ll go far away to people who aren’t Jewish.’ ”

Acts 26:23

They said that the Messiah would suffer and be the first to come back to life and would spread light to Jewish and non-Jewish people.”

Acts 9:15

The Lord told Ananias, “Go! I’ve chosen this man to bring my name to nations, to kings, and to the people of Israel.