Acts 13:47
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.
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Psalms 72:7Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart. Fatness... Abundance and temporal prosperity, which hath encouraged them in their iniquity: and made them give themselves up to their irregular affections.
Psalms 98:2The lord is great in Sion, and high above all people.
Isaiah 2:1The word that Isaias the son of Amos saw, concerning Juda and Jerusalem.
Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. My servant... Christ, who according to his humanity, is the servant of God.
Isaiah 42:9The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring forth, I will make you hear them.
Matthew Henry on Acts 13:43-52
Paul at Antioch in Pisidia. 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. 43 Now 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. 44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake… Read the whole commentary →