Acts 13:47

They justify this turn by Isaiah's word that the Lord set them as a light to the Gentiles, bringing salvation to the ends of the earth. Scripture mandates the Gentile mission.

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• Isa 49:6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
• Isa 42:6I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
• Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• Isa 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Zech 8:20–23Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
• Hos 1:10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
• Ps 72:7–8In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
• Isa 2:1–3The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
• Isa 52:10The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
• Isa 42:1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
• Isa 24:13–16When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
• Isa 42:9–12Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
• Ps 98:2–3The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
• Mic 4:2–3And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Ps 117:1–2O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
• Acts 9:15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• Acts 26:17–18Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
• Ps 22:27–29All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Amos 9:12That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
• Isa 59:19–20So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
• Zech 2:11And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
• Isa 60:3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
• Acts 26:23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
• Matt 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
• Ps 67:2–7That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
• Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
• Acts 22:21And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
• Luke 24:47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• Ps 96:1–2O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
• Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Mic 5:7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
• Acts 15:14–16Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
• Zeph 3:9–10For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
• Jer 16:19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

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