As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these things spoken to them 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.
- BSB As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
- ESV As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told 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.
- 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 28:28“Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”
- Ezek 3:6not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
- Acts 10:33Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God.”
- Acts 13:14But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
- Matt 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
- Matt 19:30But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.
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