As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
Parallel translations
- WEB So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
- KJV And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
- NKJV So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
- NASB As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these things spoken to them the next Sabbath.
- NLT As Paul and Barnabas left the synagogue that day, the people begged them to speak about these things again the next week.
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Quick answer
As Paul and Barnabas leave, the people beg to hear these words again the next Sabbath. The message stirs eager interest.
Overview
The strong response, with both Jews and Gentiles wanting more, shows the gospel's drawing power. The request for further teaching the following Sabbath sets up the great gathering and the conflict to come. Luke records the initial openness before the rising opposition, displaying how the word both attracts and divides.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Acts 28:28Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
- Ezek 3:6not to the many peoples of unfamiliar speech and difficult language whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.
- Acts 10:33So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
- Acts 13:14And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
- Matt 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Matt 19:30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
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