Acts 13:47

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’” Isaiah 49:6”

— WEB

“For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.”

— KJV

“For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, That thou shouldest be for salvation unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Isaiah 49:6 "Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of …"
Isaiah 42:6 "“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a li…"
Luke 2:32 "a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”"
Isaiah 45:22 "“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other."
Zechariah 8:20-23 "Yahweh of Armies says: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;"
Psalms 72:7-8 "In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more."
Psalms 117:1-2 "Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!"
Isaiah 24:13-16 "For it will be so within the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done."

Commentary

For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, &c.--These and other predictions must have been long before this brought vividly home to Paul's mind in connection with his special vocation to the Gentiles. I have set thee--that is, Messiah; from which Paul inferred that he was but following out this destination of his Lord, in transferring to the Gentiles those "unsearchable riches" which were now by the Jews rejected and despised.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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