Acts 13:48

When the foreigners heard this they were overjoyed, praising the Lord's word, and all those chosen for eternal life trusted in God.

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In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

47That's what the Lord has told us to do: ‘I've made you a light to the foreigners, and through you salvation will go to the ends of the earth.’”

49So God's word was spread throughout the region.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:16But the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

Luke 7:8For I'm under the authority of my superior officers, and I have soldiers under my authority too. I command one to go and he goes, another to come and he comes. I command my servant to do something and he does it.”

John 10:26You don't believe me because you are not my sheep.

Acts 2:41Those who accepted what he'd said were baptized, adding about three thousand people to the group of believers that day.

Acts 8:8The people who lived in the city were overjoyed.

Acts 15:2Paul and Barnabas had many arguments and debates with them. So Paul and Barnabas and some others were appointed to go to Jerusalem and talk to the apostles and leaders there about this issue.

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 →

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