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Paul Preaches at Rome

Acts 28:28

In 9 translations

BSB
Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”BYZ and TR include 29 When he had said this, the Jews went away, disputing sharply among themselves.
KJV
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
WEB
“Be it known therefore to you that the salvation of God is sent to the nations, and they will listen.”
ASV
Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear.
LSV
Be it known, therefore, to you, that the salvation of God was sent to the nations, these also will hear it”;
YLT
'Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the nations was sent the salvation of God, these also will hear it;'
DBY
Be it known to you therefore, that this salvation of God has been sent to the nations; they also will hear [it].Elohim
DRC
Be it known therefore to you, that this salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.
GNV
Be it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shall heare it.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Westcott–Hort place ἔστω elsewhere in this verse.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τοῦτο (“this”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἔστω ὑμῖν. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἔστω ὑμῖν; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ὑμῖν ἔστω.
  • SBLGNT: τοῦτο. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τοῦτο; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
  • SBLGNT: ἀκούσονται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀκούσονται; Robinson–Pierpont add 29 Καὶ ταῦτα αὐτοῦ εἰπόντος, ἀπῆλθον οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, πολλὴν ἔχοντες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς συζήτησιν..

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
γνωστὸν οὖν ἔστω ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπεστάλη τοῦτο τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ· αὐτοὶ καὶ ἀκούσονται.
RP2018
Γνωστὸν οὖν ἔστω ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπεστάλη τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ, αὐτοὶ καὶ ἀκούσονται.
TR-Boyd
Γνωστὸν οὖν ἔστω ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπεστάλη τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ, αὐτοὶ καὶ ἀκούσονται.
SCR1894
γνωστον ουν εστω υμιν οτι τοις εθνεσιν απεσταλη το σωτηριον του θεου αυτοι και ακουσονται

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👤 God◆ Paul's Journey to Rome◆ Paul's First Roman imprisonment

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  • Luke 2:30–32For my eyes have seen Your salvation, which You have prepared in the sight of all people, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
  • Acts 26:17–18I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive…
  • Romans 3:29–30Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
  • Luke 3:6And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
  • Romans 15:8–16For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs, so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written:…
  • Acts 13:46–47Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For this…
  • Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
  • Acts 18:6But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
  • Acts 14:27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 15:17so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
  • Acts 11:18When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
  • Acts 15:14Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
  • Isaiah 52:10The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
  • Matthew 21:41–43“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.” Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in…
  • Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that…
  • Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the…

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