The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
Acts 11:1 - Y'all Version Bible Now the apostles and the siblings who were in Judea heard that the ethnic groups had also received the word of God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition NOW THE apostles (special messengers) and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard [with astonishment] that the Gentiles (heathen) also had received and accepted and welcomed the Word of God [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God]. American Standard Version (1901) Now the apostles and the brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. Common English Bible The apostles and the brothers and sisters throughout Judea heard that even the Gentiles had welcomed God’s word. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the Apostles and brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the Word of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version AND the apostles and brethren, who were in Judea, heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. |
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to YHWH. All the relatives of the nations will worship before you.
It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
“Look, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
“I, YHWH, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations,
Indeed, 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 also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
YHWH has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name, which YHWH’s mouth will name.
YHWH, my strength, my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.
I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ and they will say, ‘You are My God!’”
The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from YHWH, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man nor wait for the sons of men.
YHWH will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of YHWH, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
Many nations will join themselves to YHWH in that day, and will become my people. Then I will dwell among you, and you will know that YHWH Almighty has sent me to you.
For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name will be great among the nations. In every place incense and a pure offering will be offered to my name, for my name will be great among the nations,” says YHWH Almighty.
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, Magi from the rising direction came to Jerusalem, saying,
I tell y’all that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Empire of Heaven,
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
a light for revelation to the ethnic groups, and the glory of your people Israel.”
In those days, Peter stood up among the siblings (a gathering of about one hundred twenty people), and said,
The disciples decided to send help to the siblings living in Judea, each according to their means.
When they arrived and had gathered the church together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and how ʜᴇ had opened a door of faith to the ethnic groups.
So the church sent them on their way, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they told the stories of how the conversion of ethnic groups, bringing great joy to all the siblings.
The siblings from that place heard about us, and they came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.