Acts 28:28
in Acts 28Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear.
KJV
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
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This verse in Acts 28
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear--(See on Ac 13:44-48). "This departure to the Gentiles" he had intimated to the perverse Jews at Antioch (Ac 13:46), and at Corinth (Ac 18:6); now at Rome: thus in Asia, Greece, and Italy" [BENGEL].
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This site's exposition
sent to the Gentiles
on Acts 28:28-29
Paul declares that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen, his third such turning after 13:46 and 18:6. Paul went to the synagogue first in every city up to this one, and Romans 9-11 argues for Israel's future.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"Be it known then," he says, "unto you, that unto the Gentiles is sent the salvation of God. They," says he, "will hear it too." Then why dost thou discourse to us? Didst thou not know this? Yes, but that ye might be persuaded, and that I might exculpate myself, and give none a handle against me.
So that to the Gentiles it is given to know this mystery. No wonder then, if they did gainsay: this was foretold from the first. Then again he moves their jealousy on the score of them of the Gentiles. "Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it."
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles - Namely, from this time.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The salvation of God - The knowledge of God’s mode of saving people. Is sent unto the Gentiles - Since you have rejected it, it will be offered to them. See the notes on Act 13:46. And that they will hear it - They will embrace it. Paul was never discouraged. If the gospel was rejected by one class of people he was ready to offer it to another. If his own countrymen despised it, he never allowed himself to suppose that Christ had died in vain, but believed that others would embrace its saving benefits. How happy would it be if all Christians had the same unwavering faith and zeal as Paul.
The words behind it
16 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Γνωστὸν | gnoston | Known | G1110 → | 15 times |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → | 497 times |
| ἔστω | esto | it should be | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| ὑμῖν | humin | to you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| τοῖς | tois | to the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἔθνεσιν | ethnesin | Gentiles | G1484 → | 161 times |
| ἀπεστάλη | apestale | has been sent | G649 → | 132 times |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| σωτήριον | soterion | salvation | G4991 → | 49 times |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θεοῦ, | theou | of God, | G2316 → | 1312 times |
| αὐτοὶ | autoi | they themselves | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | then | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἀκούσονται. | akousontai | will listen! | G191 → | 425 times |
ΓνωστὸνKnown
gnostonG1110 →15 times
οὖνtherefore
ounG3767 →497 times
ἔστωit should be
estoG1510 →2333 times
ὑμῖνto you
huminG4771 →2973 times
ὅτιthat
hotiG3754 →1292 times
τοῖςto the
toisG3588 →19766 times
ἔθνεσινGentiles
ethnesinG1484 →161 times
ἀπεστάληhas been sent
apestaleG649 →132 times
τοῦτοthis
toutoG3778 →1381 times
τὸ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
σωτήριονsalvation
soterionG4991 →49 times
τοῦ<the>
touG3588 →19766 times
θεοῦ,of God,
theouG2316 →1312 times
αὐτοὶthey themselves
autoiG846 →5565 times
καὶthen
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἀκούσονται.will listen!
akousontaiG191 →425 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 3:6And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
it leads to
- Isaiah 52:10
The 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.
- Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
- Psalms 98:2–3
The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
- Isaiah 49:6
He 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…
- Romans 10:18
But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
- Isaiah 52:10
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Acts
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 55; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament.