Verse 1

And the apostles & brethre that were in Iurie, hearde that ye heathe had also receaued the worde of God.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The scepter shal not depart from Iuda, and a law geuer from betweene his feete, vntyll Silo come: And vnto hym shall the gatheryng of the people be.
  • Ps 22:27 : 27 All the endes of the worlde shall remember them selues and be turned vnto God: and all the kinredes of the nations shall worshyp before thy face.
  • Ps 96:1-9 : 1 Syng you vnto God a newe song: sing ye vnto God all that be in the earth. 2 Syng ye vnto God and blesse his name: set foorth in wordes from day to day his saluation. 3 Declare his glory amongst the heathen: and his wonderous actes amongst all the people. 4 For God is great and worthy of all prayse: he is more to be feared then all gods. 5 As for all the gods of the heathen they be but idoles: and it is God that made the heauens. 6 Honour and maiestie be before hym: power and excellentnesse be in his sanctuarie. 7 Geue vnto God O ye families of the people: geue vnto God glorie & power. 8 Geue vnto God glorie due vnto his name: bryng an offeryng, and come into his courtes. 9 Worshyp you God in the maiestie of holynesse: be you in dread of his face all that be in the earth. 10 Set it foorth in wordes among the heathen that God raigneth: and that the worlde is set of a sure foundation, it shall not be remoued, he wyll iudge the people accordyng to equitie.
  • Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day shall the gentiles enquire after the roote of Iesse, whiche shalbe set vp for a token vnto the people, and his rest shalbe glorious.
  • Isa 32:15 : 15 Unto the tyme that the spirite be powred vpon vs from aboue, and that the wildernesse be a fruitfull fielde, and the plenteous fielde be reckened for a wood.
  • Isa 35:1-2 : 1 But the desert & wildernesse shall reioyce, the waste ground shall be glad and florishe as the Lilie. 2 She shall florishe pleasauntly and be ioyfull, and euer be geuing thankes more and more: For the glorie of Libanus, the beautie of Charmel and Saron shalbe geuen her: These shall knowe the honour of the Lorde, & the maiestie of our God.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold this is my seruaunt vpon whom I leane, my elect in who my soule is pacified: I haue geuen my spirite vpon him, that he may shewe foorth iudgement among the gentiles.
  • Isa 42:6 : 6 I the Lorde haue called thee in righteousnesse, and wyll holde thee by the hande, and wyll also defende thee, and geue thee for a couenaunt of the people, to be the light of the gentiles.
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 And he sayde: It is but a small thyng that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinredes of Iacob, and to restore the destruction of Israel: For I haue made thee the lyght of the gentiles, that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde.
  • Isa 52:10 : 10 The Lorde hath made bare his holy arme, and shewed it foorth in the syght of all the gentiles, and all the endes of the earth hath seene the sauyng health of our God.
  • Isa 60:3 : 3 The gentiles shall come to thy light, & kinges to the brightnesse that springeth foorth vpon thee.
  • Isa 62:2 : 2 Then shall the gentiles see thy righteousnesse, and all kynges thy glory: Thou shalt be named with a newe name, whiche the mouth of the Lorde shall shewe.
  • Jer 16:19 : 19 O Lorde my strength, my power and refuge in tyme of trouble: the gentiles shall come vnto thee from the endes of the worlde, and say, Ueryly our fathers haue cleaued vnto lyes, their idols are but vayne and vnprofitable.
  • Hos 2:23 : 23 And I wyll sowe her for my selfe in the earth, and wyll haue mercy vpon her that had not obtayned mercy: And to them whiche were not my people, I wyll say, Thou art my people: and they shall say, Thou art my God.
  • Amos 9:11-12 : 11 In that day will I rayse vp the tabernacle of Dauid that is fallen downe, and close vp the breaches thereof, and I will rayse vp his ruines, & I will buyld it, as in the dayes of olde: 12 That they may possesse the remnaunt of Edom, & of all the heathen, because my name is called vpon them, sayth the Lorde that doeth this.
  • Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnaunt of Iacob shalbe among the multitude of people as the deawe of the Lord, and as the droppes vpon the grasse, that taryeth for no man and wayteth on no body.
  • Zeph 2:11 : 11 The Lord shalbe terrible vnto them, and destroy all the gods in the lande: and all the Iles of the Heathen shall worship hym, euery man in his place.
  • Zeph 3:9 : 9 And then will I clense the lippes of the people, that they may euery one call vpon the name of the Lorde, and serue him with one consent.
  • Zech 2:11 : 11 At the same time there shal many heathen cleaue to the lord, & shalbe my people: Thus wyll I dwell in the middest of thee, and thou shalt knowe that the lorde of hoastes hath sent me vnto thee.
  • Zech 8:20-23 : 20 Thus saith the lord of hoastes: There shal yet come people, and the inhabiters of many cities: 21 And they that dwell in one citie shall go to another saying, Up, let vs go and pray before the Lorde, let vs seeke the Lorde of hoastes: I wyll go with you. 22 Yea much people and mightie nations shal come to seeke the lorde of hoastes at Hierusalem, & to pray before the Lorde. 23 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: In that time shall ten men (out of al maner of language of the Gentiles) take one Iewe by the hemme of his garment, and say, We wyll go with you: for we haue heard that God is among you.
  • Mal 1:11 : 11 From the rysing of the sunne vnto the going downe of the same my name is great among the gentiles, and in euery place incense shalbe offred to my name, & a pure offering: for my name is great among the very heathen, saith the Lord of hoastes.
  • Acts 8:14-15 : 14 When the apostles whiche were at Hierusalem, hearde say that Samaria hadde receaued the worde of God, they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn. 15 Which when they were come downe, prayed for the that they myght receaue the holy ghost.
  • Acts 10:34-38 : 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said: Of a trueth I perceaue that God hath no regarde of persons: 35 But in euery nation, he that feareth hym, and worketh ryghteousnes, is accepted with hym. 36 Touchyng the worde which God set vnto the chyldren of Israel, preachyng peace by Iesus Christe (he is Lord ouer all.) 37 Ye knowe howe the worde was publisshed through all Iurie, begynnyng in Galilee, after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached: 38 Howe God annoynted Iesus of Nazareth, with the holy ghoste, and with power: Who went about doyng good, and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuyll, for God was with hym.
  • Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the Churche together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, & howe he had opened the doore of fayth vnto the gentiles.
  • Acts 15:3 : 3 And after they were brought on their way by ye Churche, they passed through Phenices and Samaria, declaryng the conuersation of the gentiles, and they brought great ioy vnto all the brethen.
  • Rom 15:7-9 : 7 Wherfore, receaue ye one another, as Christe receaued vs, to ye prayse of God. 8 And I say, that Iesus Christe was a minister of the circumcisio for the trueth of God, to confirme the promise made vnto the fathers: 9 And that the gentiles myght prayse God for his mercie, as it is written: For this cause I wyll praise thee among the gentiles, and syng vnto thy name. 10 And againe he saith: Reioyce ye gentiles with his people. 11 And againe: praise the Lord al ye gentiles, & laude him al ye people together. 12 And againe Esaias saith: There shalbe the roote of Iesse, and he that shall rise to raigne ouer the gentiles, in hym shall the gentiles trust.
  • Gal 1:17-22 : 17 Neither returned to Hierusalem, to them which were Apostles before me: but went my wayes into Arabia, and came agayne vnto Damascus. 18 Then after three yeres, I returned to Hierusale to see Peter, and abode with hym fyfteene dayes. 19 But other of the Apostles sawe I none, saue Iames the Lordes brother. 20 The thynges therfore which I write vnto you, beholde, before God I lie not. 21 Afterwarde, I came into the coastes of Syria & Cilicia, 22 and was vnknowen in face vnto the Churches of Iurie, which were in Christe.
  • Mark 16:5 : 5 And they went into the sepulchre, and sawe a young man syttyng on the ryght syde, clothed in a long whyte garment, and they were amased.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
  • Matt 8:11 : 11 I say vnto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall rest with Abraham, and Isaac, & Iacob, in the kyngdome of heauen.