47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:

“‘I have made you[a] a light for the Gentiles,(A)
    that you[b] may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’[c](B)

48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord;(C) and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
  2. Acts 13:47 The Greek is singular.
  3. Acts 13:47 Isaiah 49:6

The voice(A) of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory(B) thunders,(C)
    the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.(D)
The voice of the Lord is powerful;(E)
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.(F)
He makes Lebanon leap(G) like a calf,
    Sirion[a](H) like a young wild ox.(I)
The voice of the Lord strikes
    with flashes of lightning.(J)
The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.(K)
The voice of the Lord twists the oaks[b](L)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”(M)

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  1. Psalm 29:6 That is, Mount Hermon
  2. Psalm 29:9 Or Lord makes the deer give birth

He said, “Go(A) and tell this people:

“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(B)
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(C)
    make their ears dull
    and close their eyes.[a](D)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,(E)
    understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(F)

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  1. Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes

11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(A) they turned their backs(B) and covered their ears.(C) 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint(D) and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.(E) So the Lord Almighty was very angry.(F)

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16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.(A)

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12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(A) in his name,(B) he gave the right to become children of God(C) 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(D)

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47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says.(A) The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

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All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit(A) and began to speak in other tongues[a](B) as the Spirit enabled them.

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  1. Acts 2:4 Or languages; also in verse 11

38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized,(A) every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.(B) And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(C) 39 The promise is for you and your children(D) and for all who are far off(E)—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

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55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,(A) looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.(B) 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open(C) and the Son of Man(D) standing at the right hand of God.”

57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city(E) and began to stone him.(F) Meanwhile, the witnesses(G) laid their coats(H) at the feet of a young man named Saul.(I)

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55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,(A) looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.(B) 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open(C) and the Son of Man(D) standing at the right hand of God.”

57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city(E) and began to stone him.(F) Meanwhile, the witnesses(G) laid their coats(H) at the feet of a young man named Saul.(I)

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