Acts 11:18
When they heard these things, they said nothing in response, but they praised God and said, “Then God has given repentance for life to the Gentiles also.”
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Joshua 22:30When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the people, that is, the heads of the clans of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh said, that it was good in their eyes.
Isaiah 61:3He has sent me—to give to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a turban instead of ashes, 1 oil of joy instead of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of a spirit of dullness, 1 to call them oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. 1
Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart and a new spirit in your innermost parts, and I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh. For I will give you a heart of flesh.
Acts 3:19Repent, therefore, and turn, so that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come periods of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 5:31God exalted him to his right hand to be a prince and a savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 13:47For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 1 'I have placed you as a light for the Gentiles, 1 that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'”
Matthew Henry on Acts 11:2-19
Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great… Read the whole commentary →