Acts 13:47

The Scriptures 2009

For so the Master has commanded us, ‘I have set you to be a light to the nations, that you should be for deliverance to the ends of the earth.’

Cross References

Isaiah 42:1

“See, My Servant whom I uphold, My Chosen One My being has delighted in! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He brings forth right-ruling to the nations.

Isaiah 42:6

“I, יהוה, have called You in righteousness, and I strengthen Your hand and guard You, and give You for a covenant to a people, for a light to the nations,

Isaiah 45:22

“Turn to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am Ěl, and there is none else.

Isaiah 49:6

and He says, “Shall it be a small matter for You to be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Ya‛aqoḇ, and to bring back the preserved ones of Yisra’ĕl? And I shall give You as a light to the nations, to be My deliverance to the ends of the earth!”

Isaiah 52:10

יהוה shall lay bare His set-apart arm in the eyes of all the nations. And all the ends of the earth shall see the deliverance of our Elohim.

Isaiah 60:3

“And the nations shall come to your light, and sovereigns to the brightness of your rising.

Jeremiah 16:19

O יהוה, my strength and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of distress the nations shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited only falsehood, futility, and there is no value in them.”

Hosea 1:10

“Yet the number of the children of Yisra’ĕl shall be as the sand of the sea, which is not measured nor counted. And it shall be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they shall be called, ‘You are the sons of the living Ěl.’

Amos 9:12

so that they possess the remnant of Eḏom, and all the nations on whom My Name is called,” declares יהוה who does this.

Micah 5:7

And the remnant of Ya‛aqoḇ shall be in the midst of many peoples, as dew from יהוה, as showers on the grass, which do not wait for man nor delay for the sons of men.

Zechariah 2:11

“And many nations shall be joined to יהוה in that day, and they shall become My people. And I shall dwell in your midst. And you shall know that יהוה of hosts has sent Me to you.

Malachi 1:11

“For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My Name is great among nations. And in every place incense is presented to My Name, and a clean offering. For My Name is great among nations,” said יהוה of hosts.

Matthew 28:19

Therefore, go and make taught ones of all the nations, immersing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Set-apart Spirit,

Mark 16:15

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature.

Luke 2:32

a light for the unveiling of the nations, and the esteem of Your people Yisra’ĕl.”

Luke 24:47

and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His Name to all nations, beginning at Yerushalayim.

Acts 1:8

But you shall receive power when the Set-apart Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Yerushalayim, and in all Yehuḏah and Shomeron, and to the end of the earth.

Acts 22:21

“And He said to me, ‘Go, because I shall send you far from here to the nations.’ ”

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah would suffer, would be the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to the people and to the nations.”

Acts 9:15

But the Master said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My Name before nations, sovereigns, and the children of Yisra’ĕl.