On that day the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will look to him for guidance, and his resting place will be glorious.
Acts 11:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When they heard this they became silent. And they glorified God, saying, ‘So then, God has given repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When they heard this, they were quieted and made no further objection. And they glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto [real] life [after resurrection]. American Standard Version (1901) And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life. Common English Bible Once the apostles and other believers heard this, they calmed down. They praised God and concluded, “So then God has enabled Gentiles to change their hearts and lives so that they might have new life.” Catholic Public Domain Version Having heard these things, they were silent. And they glorified God, saying: "So has God also given to the Gentiles repentance unto life." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Having heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying: God then hath also to the Gentiles given repentance unto life. |
On that day the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will look to him for guidance, and his resting place will be glorious.
All your people will be righteous; they will possess the land for ever; they are the branch I planted, the work of my hands, so that I may be glorified.
to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the Lord to glorify him.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners residing among you, who have fathered children among you. You will treat them like native-born Israelites; along with you, they will be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
‘Then I will pour out a spirit , of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.
When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck , and gave glory to God, who had given such authority to men.
The apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.
I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance towards God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
When they heard it, they glorified God and said, ‘You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.
God raised up his servant and sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.’
God exalted this man to his right hand as ruler and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness #– #namely the righteousness that comes from faith.
We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at , the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.
When the priest Phinehas and the community leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him, heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.