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 preserved 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 - Revised Standard Version Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 preserved 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 good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
It is not for your sake that I will act, says the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
When they heard this they were silenced. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance unto life.”
“Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
Let it be known to you therefore, brethren, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
And when they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.
Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name,
And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.
And he said to me, ‘Depart; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well.
But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;
So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.
He received circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,