Verse 3

they indeed, then, having been sent forward by the assembly, were passing through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the nations, and they were causing great joy to all the brethren.

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 14:27 : 27 and having come and gathered together the assembly, they declared as many things as God did with them, and that He did open to the nations a door of faith;
  • Rom 15:24 : 24 when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.
  • 1 Cor 16:6 : 6 and with you, it may be, I will abide, or even winter, that ye may send me forward whithersoever I go,
  • 1 Cor 16:11 : 11 no one, then, may despise him; and send ye him forward in peace, that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brethren;
  • Acts 21:5 : 5 but when it came that we completed the days, having gone forth, we went on, all bringing us on the way, with women and children, unto the outside of the city, and having bowed the knees upon the shore, we prayed,
  • Titus 3:13 : 13 Zenas the lawyer and Apollos bring diligently on their way, that nothing to them may be lacking,
  • Acts 15:12 : 12 And all the multitude did keep silence, and were hearkening to Barnabas and Paul, declaring as many signs and wonders as God did among the nations through them;
  • Acts 11:18-19 : 18 And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.' 19 Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;
  • Acts 13:48 : 48 And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe -- as many as were appointed to life age-during;
  • Acts 13:52 : 52 and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.
  • Isa 60:4-5 : 4 Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, they have come to thee, Thy sons from afar do come, And thy daughters on the side are supported. 5 Then thou seest, and hast become bright, And thine heart hath been afraid and enlarged, For turn unto thee doth the multitude of the sea, The forces of nations do come to thee.
  • Isa 66:12-14 : 12 For thus said Jehovah: `Lo, I am stretching out to her peace as a river, And as an overflowing stream the honour of nations, And ye have sucked, on the side ye are carried, And on the knees ye are dandled. 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted. 14 And ye have seen, and rejoiced hath your heart, And your bones as tender grass do flourish, And the hand of Jehovah hath been known unto His servants, And He hath been indignant with His enemies.
  • Luke 15:5-9 : 5 and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing, 6 and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one. 7 `I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation. 8 `Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find? 9 and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost. 10 `So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
  • Luke 15:23-24 : 23 and having brought the fatted calf, kill `it', and having eaten, we may be merry, 24 because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'
  • Acts 8:14 : 14 And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John,
  • 3 John 1:6-8 : 6 who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God, 7 because for `His' name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations; 8 we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.
  • Acts 21:19-20 : 19 and having saluted them, he was declaring, one by one, each of the things God did among the nations through his ministration, 20 and they having heard, were glorifying the Lord. They said also to him, `Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law,
  • Acts 28:15 : 15 and thence, the brethren having heard the things concerning us, came forth to meet us, unto Appii Forum, and Three Taverns -- whom Paul having seen, having given thanks to God, took courage.
  • 2 Cor 1:16 : 16 and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.