Quotes About Covenant

Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ëThrough your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.í

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

ëBut I will punish the nation that enslaves them,í God said, ëand afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.í

Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

ëI am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.í Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ëGod will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.í

And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

Then I heard a voice saying to me, ëGet up, Peter, kill and eat.í

The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ëI have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.í

From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers