The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
- BSB On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
- NKJV On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.
- NASB The next Sabbath nearly all the city assembled to hear the word of the Lord.
- NLT The following week almost the entire city turned out to hear them preach the word of the Lord.
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Quick answer
The next Sabbath nearly the whole city gathers to hear God's word. Interest in the gospel spreads widely.
Overview
The remarkable turnout, almost the entire city, shows the gospel reaching beyond the synagogue to the broader population, including many Gentiles. Such growth becomes the occasion for jealousy among some. Luke highlights both the word's astonishing appeal and the conflict its success provokes.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 110:3Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
- Isa 11:10It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
- Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
- Isa 60:8“Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
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Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.
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