Paul and Barnabas at Antioch in Pisidia
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Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and o John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.
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But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and p went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and sat down.
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And q after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Men and brethren, if you have r any word of exhortation for the people, say on."
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Then Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and s you who fear God, listen:
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"The God of this people Israel t chose our fathers, and exalted the people u when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He v brought them out of it.
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"Now w for a time of about forty years He put up with their ways in the wilderness.
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"And when He had destroyed x seven nations in the land of Canaan, y He distributed their land to them by allotment.
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"After that z He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, a until Samuel the prophet.
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b "And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them c Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
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"And d when He had removed him, e He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, f 'I have found David the son of Jesse, g a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.'
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h "From this man's seed, according i to the promise, God raised up for Israel j a Savior - Jesus -
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k "after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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"And as John was finishing his course, he said, l 'Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, m there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.'
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"Men and brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and n those among you who fear God, o to you the word of this salvation has been sent.
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"For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, p because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.
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q "And though they found no cause for death in Him, they asked Pilate that He should be put to death.
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r "Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, s they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
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t "But God raised Him from the dead.
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u "He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.
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"And we declare to you glad tidings - v that promise which was made to the fathers.
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"God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:
w 'You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.'
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"And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus:
x 'I will give you the sure mercies of David.'
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"Therefore He also says in another Psalm:
y 'You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.'
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"For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, z fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption;
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"but He whom God raised up saw no corruption.
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"Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that a through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins;
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"and b by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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"Beware therefore, lest what has been spoken in the prophets come upon you:
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'Behold, c you despisers,
Marvel and perish!
For I work a work in your days,
A work which you will by no means believe,
Though one were to declare it to you.' "
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So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
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Now when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, d persuaded them to continue in e the grace of God.
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On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.
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But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they f opposed the things spoken by Paul.
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Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, g "It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but h since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, i we turn to the Gentiles.
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"For so the Lord has commanded us:
j 'I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.' "
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Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. k And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
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And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region.
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But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, l raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
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m But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
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And the disciples n were filled with joy and o with the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 15:38
But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.
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Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there.
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Luke 4:16
So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
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Hebrews 13:22
And I appeal to you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.
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Acts 10:35
But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
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Exodus 6:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh. For with a strong hand he will let them go, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.
Exodus 6:6
Therefore say to the children of Israel: 'I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
Exodus 13:14
So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall say to him, 'By strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus 13:16
"It shall be as a sign on your hand and as frontlets between your eyes, for by strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."
Deuteronomy 7:6 - 8
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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Acts 7:17
But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt
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Exodus 14:8
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness.
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Exodus 16:35
And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
Numbers 14:34
According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection.
Acts 7:36
He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
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Deuteronomy 7:1
When the LORD your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you.
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Joshua 14:1
These are the areas which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed as an inheritance to them.
Joshua 14:2
Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
Joshua 19:51
These were the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided as an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the country.
Psalms 78:55
He also drove out the nations before them, Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
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Judges 2:16
Nevertheless, the LORD raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
1 Samuel 4:18
Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
1 Samuel 7:15
And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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1 Samuel 3:20
And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet of the LORD.
Acts 3:24
Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.
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1 Samuel 8:5
And said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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1 Samuel 10:20 - 24
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.
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1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.
1 Samuel 15:26
But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel 15:28
So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
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1 Samuel 16:1
Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:12
So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!
1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
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Psalms 89:20
I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him.
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1 Samuel 13:14
"But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you."
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Isaiah 11:1
There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
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Psalms 132:11
The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: "I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.
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Matthew 1:21
"And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins."
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Matthew 3:1
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
Luke 3:3
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
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Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying, "There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.
Luke 3:16
John answered, saying to all, "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
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John 1:20
He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ.
John 1:27
"It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose."
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Psalms 66:16
Come and hear, all you who fear God, And I will declare what He has done for my soul.
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Matthew 10:6
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Luke 23:34
Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast lots.
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Matthew 27:22
Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with...
Matthew 27:23
Then the governor said, "Why, what evil has He ...
Mark 15:13
So they cried out again, "Crucify Him!
Mark 15:14
Then Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has H...
Luke 23:21 - 23
But they shouted, saying, "Crucify Him, crucify...
John 19:15
But they cried out, "Away with Him, away with H...
Acts 3:14
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and a...
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for u...
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sym...
1 Peter 2:22
Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in H...
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Luke 18:31
Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished.
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Matthew 27:57 - 61
Now when evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.
Mark 15:42 - 47
Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath.
Luke 23:50 - 56
Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man.
John 19:38 - 42
After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.
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Psalms 16:10
For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor wi...
Psalms 16:11
You will show me the path of life; In Your pres...
Hosea 6:2
After two days He will revive us; On the third ...
Matthew 12:39
But He answered and said to them, "An evil and ...
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in...
Matthew 28:6
He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Co...
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Matthew 28:16
Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.
Acts 1:3
To whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:11
Who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:5 - 8
And that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.
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Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.
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Psalms 2:7
I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
Hebrews 1:5
For to which of the angels did He ever say: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You"? And again: "I will be to Him a Father, And He shall be to Me a Son"?
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Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you - The sure mercies of David.
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Psalms 16:10
For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:27
For You will not leave my soul in Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
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Acts 2:29
Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
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Jeremiah 31:34
"No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
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Isaiah 53:11
He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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Habakkuk 1:5
Look among the nations and watch - Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days Which you would not believe, though it were told you.
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Acts 11:23
When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.
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Titus 2:11
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
Hebrews 12:15
Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.
1 Peter 5:12
By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
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Acts 18:6
But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, "Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
1 Peter 4:4
In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
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Matthew 10:6
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Acts 3:26
"To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities."
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
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Exodus 32:10
"Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation."
Deuteronomy 32:21
They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.
Isaiah 55:5
Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, And nations who do not know you shall run to you, Because of the LORD your God, And the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.
Matthew 21:43
Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.
Romans 10:19
But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: "I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation.
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Acts 18:6
But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, "Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
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Isaiah 42:6
I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 49:6
Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.'
Luke 2:32
A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.
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Acts 2:47
Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
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Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers.
2 Timothy 3:11
Persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra - what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.
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Matthew 10:14
And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
Mark 6:11
"And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, shake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!"
Luke 9:5
"And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them."
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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
John 16:22
Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
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Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:
Acts 4:31
And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Acts 13:9
Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
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