Acts 28:25

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They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: 'The Holy Spirit was right in speaking to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah:'

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  • Matt 15:7 : 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, saying,
  • Mark 7:6 : 6 He answered them, "Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.'
  • 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 For prophecy was never produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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    24Some were convinced by what he said, but others did not believe.

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    28Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!

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    33At that, Paul left the assembly.

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    16But not all have obeyed the Gospel. For Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed our message?'

  • John 12:38-39
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    38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

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    14When he would not be persuaded, we gave up and said, 'The Lord's will be done.'

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    41Isaiah said these things because he saw His glory and spoke about Him.

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    15The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

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    38but Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

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    21In the Law it is written: 'By people of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me,' says the Lord.

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    15After ordering them to leave the council, they conferred among themselves.

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    51So they shook the dust off their feet as a testimony against them and went to Iconium.

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    11Indeed, with stammering lips and another tongue, He will speak to this people.

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    15After the reading of the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, 'Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, speak.'

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    20When they asked him to stay longer with them, he declined.

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    21Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am sending you far away to the Gentiles.'

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