For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth. Treasury of Scripture so. Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem... Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings... Acts 22:21 And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles. Acts 26:17,18 Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you... Matthew 28:19 Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Mark 16:15 And he said to them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Luke 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. I have. Acts 26:23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light to the people... Isaiah 42:1,6 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit on him... Isaiah 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel... Isaiah 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Luke 2:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel. that thou. Acts 15:14-16 Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name... Psalm 22:27-29 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before you... Psalm 67:2-7 That your way may be known on earth, your saving health among all nations... Psalm 72:7,8 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endures... Psalm 96:1,2 O sing to the LORD a new song: sing to the LORD, all the earth... Psalm 98:2,3 The LORD has made known his salvation: his righteousness has he openly showed in the sight of the heathen... Psalm 117:1,2 O praise the LORD, all you nations: praise him, all you people... Isaiah 2:1-3 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem... Isaiah 24:13-16 When thus it shall be in the middle of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree... Isaiah 42:9-12 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them... Isaiah 45:22 Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah 52:10 The LORD has made bore his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Isaiah 59:19,20 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun... Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth... Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered... Amos 9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, said the LORD that does this. Micah 4:2,3 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob... Micah 5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the middle of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers on the grass... Zephaniah 3:9,10 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call on the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent... Zechariah 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the middle of you... Zechariah 8:20-23 Thus said the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities... Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles...
Context The Gentiles Ask to Hear the Gospel
42And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles sought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. 43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. 44And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing you put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, see, we turn to the Gentiles. 47For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth. 48And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 49And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. 50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. 51But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium. 52And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For so hath the Lord commanded us,'saying , I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For so the Lord hath commanded us: I have set thee to be the light of the Gentiles; that thou mayest be for salvation unto the utmost part of the earth.
Darby Bible Translation
for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.
King James Bible
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Young's Literal Translation
for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations -- for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'
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