Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Parallel translations
- WEB preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.
- KJV Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
- NKJV preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.
- NASB preaching the kingdom of God and teaching things about the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered.
- NLT boldly proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ. And no one tried to stop him.
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Quick answer
Acts ends with Paul preaching God's kingdom and teaching about the Lord Jesus boldly and without hindrance. The unstoppable gospel reaches the empire's capital.
Overview
The book closes not with Paul's fate but with the triumphant note of the kingdom proclaimed in Rome with all boldness and no hindrance. This open-ended ending invites the reader to carry the mission forward, for the word that began in Jerusalem now sounds at the heart of the world. Christ reigns, and his gospel advances unchained to the nations.
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Cross-references · 15
- Acts 4:29And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,
- Eph 6:19–20Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,
- Matt 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
- Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
- Phil 1:14And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
- 2 Tim 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
- Acts 8:12But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
- Acts 20:25Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.
- Acts 4:31After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- Acts 5:42Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
- Luke 8:1Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,
- Acts 23:11The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- 2 Tim 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
- Mark 1:14After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
- Col 4:3–4as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
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