Verse 47
Acts 13:47
Darby Translation
47
for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.
Original Language Text
greek
οὕτως γὰρ ἐντέταλται ἡμῖν ὁ κύριος· Τέθεικά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν τοῦ εἶναί σε εἰς σωτηρίαν ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς.
English Translation
For thus the Lord has commanded us: I have set you as a light for the nations, to be for salvation to the end of the earth.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 13 Context
1
Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was [there], prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and S...
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And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas...
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Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.
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They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed...
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5
And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God (Elohim) in the synagogues of the Jews. And the...
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And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a...
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who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul...
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But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away th...
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9
But Saul, who also [is] Paul, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,
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said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of [the] devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou...
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And now behold, [the] Lord's hand [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a...
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12
Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
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13
And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated f...
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14
But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on...
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15
And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying,...
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And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God (Elohim)...
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The God (Elohim) of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in...
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and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.
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And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
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20
And after these things he gave [them] judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] about four hun...
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21
And then they asked for a king, and God (Elohim) gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe o...
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22
And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I...
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23
Of this man's seed according to promise has God (Elohim) brought to Israel a Saviour, Yashua (Jesus)...
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24
John having proclaimed before the face of his entry [among the people] [the] baptism of repentance t...
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And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? *I* am not [he]. But be...
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Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God (Elohim), to you has the word of...
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for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the vo...
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And having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.
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And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and...
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but God (Elohim) raised him from among [the] dead,
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who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now...
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And *we* declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,
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that God (Elohim) has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Yashua (Jesus); as it is...
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But that he raised him from among [the] dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will...
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Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.
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For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God (Elohim), fell asleep,...
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But he whom God (Elohim) raised up did not see corruption.
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Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to yo...
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and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that...
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40
See therefore that that which is spoken in the prophets do not come upon [you],
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Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for *I* work a work in your days, a work which ye will...
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42
And as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.
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43
And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping pros...
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And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God (Elohim)...
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But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, [c...
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And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God (Elohim) should b...
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for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest b...
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And [those of] the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed,...
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And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole country.
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But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of th...
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51
But they, having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.
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And the disciples were filled with joy and [the] Holy Spirit.
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